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A reissued P.S. Edition of the brilliant, hilariously wicked novel of culture, power, creativity, and seduction from the celebrated author of Guided Tours of Hell. It has been years since Swenson, a professor in a New England creative writing program, has published a novel. It's been even longer since any of his students have shown promise. Enter Angela Argo, a pierced, tattooed student with a rare talent for writing. Angela is just the thing Swenson needs. And, better yet, she wants his help. But, as we all know, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. . . . Deliciously risqué, Blue Angel is a withering take on today's academic mores and a scathing tale that vividly shows what can happen when academic politics collides with political correctness.

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What Prose performs at the end of Blue Angel is as neat a sleight of hand as has been seen in the libraries of university novels written this century. --Los Angeles Times Book Review Sheer delight ... This is among the most enjoyable books I've read in a long time and, once started ... I couldn't stop turning the pages until there were none left. --Washington Post Book World Screamingly funny ... Blue Angel culminates in a sexual harassment hearing that rivals the Salem witch trials. --USA Today It will be apparent that Blue Angel is the sort of scandalous book that zealots would be well advised to shun. Once you start reading it, you'll be hooked.--New York Times Book Review An elegant satire... pulling off a clever, funny, original send up of contemporary academia isn't easy ... but Ms. Prose succeeds. --Wall Street Journal A blisteringly funny yet compassionate novel ... As for the author, she never makes a single wrong move. --Newsweek Prose is a pro, and this funny yet devastating novel will rock literary and academic worlds alike.--Mademoiselle Her trenchant satire of sexual harassment gives political correctness a much deserved poke in the eye.--Vanity Fair Francine Prose, a literary arsonist with blistering wit, sends up both smug academics and politically correct undergrads in the satirical bonfire Blue Angel.--Entertainment Weekly An engaging comedy of manners Prose once again proves herself one of out great cultural satirists.--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A mesmerizing and hilarious tour de force.--Us Weekly

?Francine Prose, a literary arsonist with blistering wit, sends up both smug academics and politically correct undergrads in the satrical bonfire Blue Angel.? -- Entertainment Weekly?Her trenchant satire of sexual harassment gives political correctness a much deserved poke in the eye.? -- Vanity Fair?Screamingly funny.? -- USA Today?A mesmerizing and hilarious tour de force.? -- Us Weekly?An engaging comedy of manners?Prose once again proves herself one of out great cultural satirists.?-- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)?Prose is a pro, and this funny yet devastating novel will rock literary and academic worlds alike.? -- Mademoiselle

It will be apparent that Blue Angel is the sort of scandalous book that zealots would be well advised to shun. Once you start reading it, you'll be hooked.--New York Times Book Review An elegant satire... pulling off a clever, funny, original send up of contemporary academia isn't easy ... but Ms. Prose succeeds. --Wall Street Journal A blisteringly funny yet compassionate novel ... As for the author, she never makes a single wrong move. --Newsweek What Prose performs at the end of Blue Angel is as neat a sleight of hand as has been seen in the libraries of university novels written this century. --Los Angeles Times Book Review Sheer delight ... This is among the most enjoyable books I've read in a long time and, once started ... I couldn't stop turning the pages until there were none left. --Washington Post Book World A mesmerizing and hilarious tour de force. --Us Weekly Screamingly funny ... Blue Angel culminates in a sexual harassment hearing that rivals the Salem witch trials. --USA Today Prose is a pro, and this funny yet devastating novel will rock literary and academic worlds alike. --Mademoiselle Her trenchant satire of sexual harassment gives political correctness a much deserved poke in the eye. --Vanity Fair Francine Prose, a literary arsonist with blistering wit, sends up both smug academics and politically correct undergrads in the satirical bonfire Blue Angel. --Entertainment Weekly An engaging comedy of manners Prose once again proves herself one of out great cultural satirists. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

What Prose performs at the end of Blue Angel is as neat a sleight of hand as has been seen in the libraries of university novels written this century. --Los Angeles Times Book Review Sheer delight ... This is among the most enjoyable books I've read in a long time and, once started ... I couldn't stop turning the pages until there were none left. --Washington Post Book World Screamingly funny ... Blue Angel culminates in a sexual harassment hearing that rivals the Salem witch trials. --USA Today Prose is a pro, and this funny yet devastating novel will rock literary and academic worlds alike. --Mademoiselle It will be apparent that Blue Angel is the sort of scandalous book that zealots would be well advised to shun. Once you start reading it, you'll be hooked.--New York Times Book Review Her trenchant satire of sexual harassment gives political correctness a much deserved poke in the eye. --Vanity Fair Francine Prose, a literary arsonist with blistering wit, sends up both smug academics and politically correct undergrads in the satirical bonfire Blue Angel. --Entertainment Weekly An engaging comedy of manners Prose once again proves herself one of out great cultural satirists. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) An elegant satire... pulling off a clever, funny, original send up of contemporary academia isn't easy ... but Ms. Prose succeeds. --Wall Street Journal A mesmerizing and hilarious tour de force. --Us Weekly A blisteringly funny yet compassionate novel ... As for the author, she never makes a single wrong move. --Newsweek

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Francine Prose is the author of twenty-one works of fiction including, most recently, the highly acclaimed novel, MISTER MONKEY, and the New York Times bestselling novel, LOVERS AT THE CHAMELEON CLUB, PARIS 1932. Her novel A CHANGED MAN won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and BLUE ANGEL was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her works of nonfiction include the highly praised ANNE FRANK: THE BOOK, THE LIFE, THE AFTERLIFE, and the New York Times bestseller READING LIKE A WRITER, which has become a classic. The recipient of numerous grants and honors, including a Guggenheim and a Fulbright, a Director's Fellow at the Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, Francine Prose is a former president of PEN American Center, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She lives in New York City.

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