This book has a little something for everyone who likes taking a look at some of America’s most elite campus culture. When I picked this one up, I wasn’t entirely sure what I was going to get, but was pleasantly surprised by the humor I found in the pages of this one.Īs expected, this author writes with authority on the subject of campus life and doesn’t shy away from tackling big hot button issues like racism, elitism, and even more serious things like sexual assault accusations. This book had a lot of humorous moments and I often found myself laughing out loud at some of the over the top satire in this one. Campusland is a timely and gleeful skewering of the modern American campus and its tribal culture ( summary from Goodreads). But when his position is threatened, he must take measures.Īll paths collide in a riotous climax. As the alpha dog atop Devon’s progressive hierarchy, Red is the most “woke” guy on campus. In the process, she and Eph will find their fates at odds.Īlso in the mix is Red Wheeler, who is in his seventh year at Devon, and is carefully managing his credits to stay longer. When things become socially difficult, Lulu is forced to re-channel her ambition in a most unexpected way – as a militant feminist. She is pleasantly surprised to find some people she can tolerate in the Fellingham Society, a group of self-professed campus monarchists. Her singular ambition is to be a prominent socialite – an “It Girl.” While most would kill for a place at Devon, to her college is a dreary impediment. Lulu Harris is an entitled freshman-er, firstyear-from Manhattan. His beloved Devon, though, has become a place of warring tribes, and there are landmines waiting for Eph that he is unequipped to see. He may look and sound privileged, but Eph is right out of gun-rack, Bible-thumping rural Alabama. SummaryĪ tumultuous and often hilarious first novel about one year of insanity at the Ivy-like Devon University, a blissful bubble of elite students and the adults at their mercy.Įph Russell is an English professor up for tenure. This is a book that I wouldn’t normally pick up in the store or really be drawn to if I’m being honest, but I liked the summary and the fact that this author is also a Yale alum. This is Scott Johnston’s first novel his having attended Yale, I think indicates he has first hand knowledge and even more authenticity to add to a book like this and made me eager to check it out. I couldn’t pass on this one because I was too drawn to the idea of it. The summary of this book promised to include all the things that I find captivating about ivy league schools….elitism and rich people problems.

My sister works at Harvard as one of their librarians so any time I see a book about an ivy league college, I find myself drawn to it.

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