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Ivy

by M. G. Slind
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9780999097106
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Dr. Marvin G. Slind
  • Publisher Imprint: Dr. Marvin G. Slind
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 452
  • Original Price: USD 15.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 658 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): General

Henrik ("Just call me Hank") van Daam is president of Nieuw Nederland College, a small liberal arts college in north-central Minnesota. He has big plans-not just for the college, but for his own future. Nothing will come of them, though, if the faculty keep getting in the way. But Hank doesn't care what they think. That's one of the reasons so many of the faculty hate him. During the worst snow storm in years, Hank disappears mysteriously. When his body is found the next morning, the question is: did someone on campus hate him enough to kill him? In the months preceding Hank's disappearance and death, faculty struggle to deal with his "business oriented" approach to college administration. His misogynistic attitudes also pose a challenge for the woman he's recently hired as Dean, Sarah Christiansen. She and Hank's Administrative Assistant, Annika van Rijn, provide stability and leadership in the midst of the chaos Hank has created. They discover how Hank's "macho" administrative style can easily be corrupted and lead to disaster. Together with other colleagues on campus, like History Department Chair Marty Dykstra, they work to maintain the ethical standards they believe their college was founded on-issues that go far beyond college life. Following the tradition of Kingsley Amis's Lucky Jim, Richard Russo's Straight Man, and Jane Smiley's Moo, Ivy is a light-hearted academic satire that looks at many of the serious problems in academic life-in this case, at a small liberal arts college.

M. G. Slind grew up north of Seattle in the State of Washington's picturesque Skagit Valley. He received his bachelor's degree from Pacific Lutheran University and his doctorate in history from Washington State University. Dr. Slind has studied and done research at both the University of Oslo and the University of Heidelberg, where he was a Fulbright Scholar. He has served on the faculty of several colleges and universities in the United States and in Europe. His reading interests include European history, contemporary politics, modern fiction, and various modern crime genres, in particular "Nordic Noir." An avid golfer, he also enjoys fly fishing in the mountain streams of the western US and Canada. Occasionally he serves as a destination lecturer on cruise ships. M. G. Slind and his wife live in Decorah, Iowa.

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