Bede University provides the setting for Some Friendly Advice, a darkly comic novel by Robin Fenwick exploring the competing ambitions and professional relationships of university staff.
Set in the Department of Modern English Language and Linguistics, the novel follows a group of academics whose carefully constructed lives begin to come apart as a new academic year unfolds.
About the book
At Bede University, everyone has an opinion. Most of them are convinced they are right.
As a new academic year begins, the staff of the Department of Modern English Language and Linguistics find their carefully constructed lives coming apart. Ambitions collide, old grudges resurface and professional principles prove surprisingly negotiable.
Some are determined to climb to the top. Others are just trying to avoid being pushed off.
A darkly comic novel about academic life, fragile egos and the extraordinary lengths people will go to in order to remain important.
Publication information
Author: Robin Fenwick
Title: Some Friendly Advice
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