Author: NAGY, PHILIP
Title: A Degree of Truth
Description: Renfrew, ON, Canada, General Store Publishing House. 2008. Paperback. Book, Clean unmarked copy. Securely packaged! An amusing story involving a Canadian university, Mackenzie King U, located in a slightly countrified setting. The author weaves a tangled web of students and professors, all attempting to further their own aims--without too many qualms as to injured feelings. Several factions and agendas bubble and fester in the university and even impinge on Harding Pulp and Paper, the company in town that provides serious funding to MKU. The factions jockey for position, using Machiavellian and quite amusing manoeuvres to get their way. Students Orion, Crystal, Dan, and Tina learn a thing or two about campus politics, and even grow up a little. Several professors also find themselves embroiled and loving every minute of it. It s a gentle tale, written for the intellectually alert. a4. Fine.

Keywords: AMERICAN LITERATURE