PROT U is a humorous, satiric novel set on a university campus in Texas, where power, mediocrity and self-interest battle student expression, academic excellence and justice. Conflicts abound as the diverse characters pursue their goals in this fast-paced, entertaining story.
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Eva Rumpf is a freelance writer and a former reporter for The Milwaukee Journal. She has taught journalism and advised student media in Texas and Wisconsin. She has published hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles, and several of her essays and articles have been syndicated nationally. Ms. Rumpf is co-author of Till Divorce Do Us Part, a self-help book for women in troubled marriages (Glenbridge Publishing, 1996). She lives in Milwaukee with her husband.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Come to Prot U,
By No Cigar "Artesian46" (Glen Carbon, IL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: PROT U: A Novel (Paperback)
A wry look at the collegiate scene. The author obviously had way too much fun writing the climax, and the journey there is swift and enjoyable.
The setting may be a fictional place in Texas, but the events and characters have a ring of truth which is too close for comfort. While human foibles are there, so too are the caring and courageous. This distillation of experience is like a fine cognac, smooth and tasty. A memorable and enjoyable visit to our campuses.
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A book that works on several levels,
By Reader (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews
This review is from: PROT U: A Novel (Paperback)
This is a deceptively easy book to read -- a bit like last generation's medical-center satire, "The House of God." The latter, once described as "Catch-22" with stethoscopes, employed dark humor to mount a devastating indictment of the way physicians were trained in the 1970s. The ambitions of "Prot U" are not as large, but the book subjects academia to a similar farcical viewpoint, offering campus life as a microcosm of the perennial clash between politics and social responsibility.
For this reason, the book is fun to read simply as a short and well-paced novel about the colorful characters fictional Protestant U has brought together for a single academic season. However, the fact that the story is set in Texas allows the reader to infer a wry and subversive commentary on the corporate style of administration that emerged under the Bush governorship, and the difficulty of journalists to buck the system on which their livelihoods depended. As a journalist herself who has worked in Texas, Rumpf knows this territory well, and she clearly enjoyed the opportunity to skewer some of the class and social roles that Texas culture appears to encourage. The book manages, however, to keep its humor light, skirting the mean-spiritedness of genuinely black comedy. At its core is a warm affection for the unsung heroes of our time, whose refusal to delegate individual responsibility to the corporate body always has its price.
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