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The principals / Bill James.

James, Bill, 1929- (author.).

Summary:

This sharply satirical novel concerns a battle royal between two academic institutions and their principals. England, 1987. It's all-out war. Two universities in the same city each aim to destroy the other and take over one another's buildings, students and - above all - bank balance. At a time of austerity in public life and huge government cuts, the situation has become desperate and the respective university principals are prepared to fight very dirty indeed. Dr Lawford Chute of the revered Sedge University wants to expand, expand, expand, while the government is telling him to cut, cut, cut. But Dr Victor Tane of Charter Mill employs more covert methods to ensure his institution comes out on top. Who will win these ferocious academic fights and be the model for the statue in the modern-day university grounds: the ultimate proof of posterity for which both principals are battling?

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780727886422
  • ISBN: 0727886428
  • Physical Description: 171 pages ; 23 cm
  • Edition: First world edition.
  • Publisher: Sutton, Surrey, England : Severn House, 2016.
Subject: Universities and colleges > Employees > Fiction.
England > Fiction.
Genre: Humorous fiction.
Satirical literature.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Mooresville PL - Mooresville FIC JAM (Text) 37323005281376 FICTION Available -
Peabody PL - Columbia City FICTION JAMES (Text) 30403002192532 Adult - Fiction Available -
Putnam County Public Library - Main FIC JAM (Text) 30041002160735 Adult Fiction Available -


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