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Leland Edwards, a piano-playing fisherman and English professor, has become dean of Rookery State College in Minnesota. With this title comes the daunting task of saving his beloved campus from diminished enrollment, hockey thuggery, and its ignoble associations with Paul Bunyan. So when the most famous poet in America agrees to come to Rookery, Leland hopes that his reading will put Rookery State on the literary map.
But when he arrives, the poet is more and less than what Leland expected--and their relationship leads Leland on a wild ride that will compel him to harbor a fugitive, stand up to his domineering mother, and finally make peace with his brief attempt at love and the tragedy that ensued. . . .
But when he arrives, the poet is more and less than what Leland expected--and their relationship leads Leland on a wild ride that will compel him to harbor a fugitive, stand up to his domineering mother, and finally make peace with his brief attempt at love and the tragedy that ensued. . . .
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Readers of Jon Hassler's Rookery Blues will remember Leland Edwards as a high-spirited young English professor and jazz pianist who, with like-minded fellow academics, formed a quartet called Icejam in 1969. In Hassler's latest novel, The Dean's List, Leland is 25 years older and a much sadder man. Now the dean of Rookery State College, a mediocre institution in northern Minnesota, Leland finds his administrative duties and his dying mother shouldering out what little energy or time he has for music. But if Leland Edwards has given up his dreams of a jazz career, he still has some hopes for his reputation as an academic. When a famous elderly poet, Richard Falcon, comes to Rookery State to work on what he hopes will be his final masterpiece, Leland sees an opportunity to put himself and his institution on the map.
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The Dean's List is more melancholy than its predecessor. Still, Jon Hassler's inimitable style, his flair for character, and his well-limned portraits of Minnesota and its people lighten the shadow of gloom that hangs over Rookery State College this year.
I must say I didn't think that I'd really enjoy Jon Hassler's fiction because it's not the
kind of fiction I generally get into. But, when I read Dean's List I simply fell in love with
these small town characters and their foibles. I've now read several other Hassler
novels and am now a genuine fan of his work. The characters have a way of insinuating
themselves into your mindset and you find yourself thinking about them during the
quiet moments of your day. Looking forward to the next one.
kind of fiction I generally get into. But, when I read Dean's List I simply fell in love with
these small town characters and their foibles. I've now read several other Hassler
novels and am now a genuine fan of his work. The characters have a way of insinuating
themselves into your mindset and you find yourself thinking about them during the
quiet moments of your day. Looking forward to the next one.
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- PublisherBallantine Books
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0345424735
- ISBN 13 9780345424730
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages432
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