Book description
When Janet Mandelbaum is made the first woman professor at Harvard's English Department, the men are not happy. They are unhappier still when her tea is spiked and she is found drunk on the floor of the women's room. With a little time, Janet's dear friend and colleague Kate Fansler…
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1 author picked Death in a Tenured Position as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Set in academia, this is English prof Carolyne Heilbrun’s most famous mystery under her pseudonym of Amanda Cross. Harvard English Department stands in for Columbia, where Heilbrun spent most of her career and weathered many indignities. I remember briefly sitting in on Heilbrun’s course on Henry James when in grad school and sensing her prickliness.
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