![]() ![]() Needless to say, the people represented in the story were not amused. His one successful novel was a thinly disguised story about his experience as an academic, complete with adultery and other sexual hijinks. Jay Fitger is a tenured professor whose career as a successful author has floundered. ![]() I’m glad I chose Dear Committee Members because it was the “smart but light” palate cleanser I needed after reading the disturbing Flyboys last month. October’s challenge is to read a book set on a college campus. I read Dear Committee Members as part of the 2020 Thoughtful Reading Challenge. ![]() The letters are mostly hilarious and reveal a lot about Fitger, academia, and the practically of an English degree. Dear Committee Members is a clever epistolary novel mainly composed of letters of recommendation written by Jay Fitger, a cynical creative writing professor at Payne University, located somewhere in Minnesota. ![]()
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