- A
- smart,
- fast,
- funny,
- and
- incisive
- portrait
- of
- today's
- liberal
- arts
- college
- scene,
- cancel
- culture,
- and
- more.A
- chance
- encounter—if
- it
- is
- by
- chance—gives
- J.
- the
- opportunity
- of
- a
- lifetime.
- A
- physician
- in
- a
- midlife
- funk,
- he
- is
- invited
- to
- speak
- at
- a
- small
- college.
- But
- when
- he
- arrives
- at
- the
- secluded
- island
- campus
- of
- Nevergreen
- College
- he
- gets
- a
- lot
- more
- than
- he
- bargained
- for.
- No
- one
- actually
- shows
- up
- for
- his
- talk,
- but
- that
- doesn't
- stop
- it
- from
- becoming
- the
- center
- of
- a
- firestorm
- of
- controversy—with
- potentially
- fatal
- consequences.“Welcome
- to
- Nevergreen,
- a
- small
- college
- in
- full
- descent
- into
- madness.
- Intelligent
- and
- witty,
- with
- crackling
- dialogue
- and
- keenly
- planted
- in
- the
- cultural
- firmament,
- Nevergreen
- engages
- from
- start
- to
- finish.
- More
- Animal
- Farm
- than
- Animal
- House.
- Be
- prepared
- to
- be
- offended
- and
- like
- it.”—Scott
- Johnston,
- author
- of
- Amazon
- bestseller,
- Campusland“One
- part
- Lucky
- Jim
- and
- three
- parts
- One
- Flew
- Over
- the
- Cuckoo’s
- Nest,
- Andrew
- Pessin’s
- terrific
- and
- terrifying
- novel
- may
- just
- be
- the
- great
- campus
- novel
- of
- our
- generation.
- Every
- page
- delivers
- a
- hearty
- laugh,
- and
- every
- laugh
- soon
- blooms
- into
- a
- painful
- stab
- of
- recognition,
- reminding
- us
- that
- we’re
- all
- stuck
- on
- Nevergreen.
- As
- bloody,
- apocalyptic,
- dystopian
- fantasies
- go,
- this
- one
- is
- a
- pure
- delight.”—Liel
- Leibovitz,
- editor
- at
- large,
- Tablet Magazine
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