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Moo Paperback – February 24, 2009
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In this darkly satirical send-up of academia and the Midwest, we are introduced to Moo University, a distinguished institution devoted to the study of agriculture. Amid cow pastures and waving fields of grain, Moo’s campus churns with devious plots, mischievous intrigue, lusty liaisons, and academic one-upmanship, Chairman X of the Horticulture Department harbors a secret fantasy to kill the dean; Mrs. Walker, the provost's right hand and campus information queen, knows where all the bodies are buried; Timothy Monahan, associate professor of English, advocates eavesdropping for his creative writing assignments; and Bob Carlson, a sophomore, feeds and maintains his only friend: a hog named Earl Butz. Wonderfully written and masterfully plotted, Moo gives us a wickedly funny slice of life.
- Print length432 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherAnchor
- Publication dateFebruary 24, 2009
- Dimensions5.2 x 0.88 x 8.01 inches
- ISBN-100307472760
- ISBN-13978-0307472762
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“Fast, hilarious, and heartbreaking...Not for a minute does Moo lose its perfect satiric pitch or its pacing. . . . Don't skip a page, don't skip a paragraph. It's going to be on the final.” —People
“Smart, irreverent, and wickedly tender.... Moo suggests a mix of Tom Wolfe's wit and John Updike's satiny reach.... Engaging.” —The Boston Globe
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- Publisher : Anchor; Reprint edition (February 24, 2009)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 432 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0307472760
- ISBN-13 : 978-0307472762
- Item Weight : 12.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.2 x 0.88 x 8.01 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #160,399 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,599 in Contemporary Literature & Fiction
- #1,670 in Fiction Satire
- #10,534 in Literary Fiction (Books)
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Jane Smiley (born September 26, 1949) is an American novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992 for her novel A Thousand Acres (1991). Born in Los Angeles, California, Smiley grew up in Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, and graduated from Community School and from John Burroughs School. She obtained a BA in literature at Vassar College (1971), then earned an MA (1975), MFA (1976), and PhD (1978) from the University of Iowa. While working towards her doctorate, she also spent a year studying in Iceland as a Fulbright Scholar. From 1981 to 1996 she was a Professor of English at Iowa State University, teaching undergraduate and graduate creative writing workshops, and continuing to teach there even after relocating to California.
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Anyone who has spent time within the university community will find this to be an insightful and humorous novel involving the numerous kinds of people involved in academia life. The plots, schemes and intrigues of the University staff makes for interesting and fun reading. Fans of Jane Smiley may want to check out this novel.
Rating: 5 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Never trust a politician: A critical review of politics and politicians).
My husband, on the other hand, couldn't understand what I was laughing about, even when I read sections aloud to him. I guess this requires a special reading audience to truly appreciate the competition, levels of power, and irony so I took off a star from my previous rating.
I kept a list of many of her metaphors and am using them a poem and short stories. They are priceless.
Finally, I must thank the reviewer who only gave this one star and explained why the disjointed vignettes, multiple characters, and no real story line disturbed him. All those characteristics were common at my family's supper table and were exactly why I picked up the book from a used bookstore.
There are too many characters to get to really know them, allowing them all to come off as silly rather than amusing. The plot skips around from one to the other, and given Jane Smiley's long protracted sentences, the whole story is an effort to follow.
The experiment with the captive Landrace boar named "Earl Butz" (whose point of view we also see) is the only misfortune that earned my sympathy.








