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When the Professor Got Stuck in the Snow
Dan Rhodes
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Description for When the Professor Got Stuck in the Snow
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A laugh-out-loud satire on dogma, which tests the limits of freedom of expression. Everybody at the Women's Institute in the village of Upper Bottom is eagerly awaiting the arrival of a very special guest speaker: the world famous evolutionary biologist Professor Richard Dawkins. But with a blizzard setting in, their visitor finds himself trapped in the nearby town of Market Horten, with no choice but to take lodgings with the local Anglican vicar. Will the professor be able to abide by his motto - cordiality always - while surrounded by Christians? ... Read more
A laugh-out-loud satire on dogma, which tests the limits of freedom of expression. Everybody at the Women's Institute in the village of Upper Bottom is eagerly awaiting the arrival of a very special guest speaker: the world famous evolutionary biologist Professor Richard Dawkins. But with a blizzard setting in, their visitor finds himself trapped in the nearby town of Market Horten, with no choice but to take lodgings with the local Anglican vicar. Will the professor be able to abide by his motto - cordiality always - while surrounded by Christians? ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Gallic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
161g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910709016
SKU
V9781910709016
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About Dan Rhodes
Dan Rhodes was once a stockroom assistant in a branch of Waterstones. He was one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists in 2003. For a while, he was a teacher in Ho Chi Minh City. He was awarded the E.M. Forster Prize in 2010.
Reviews for When the Professor Got Stuck in the Snow
'A zippy little farce... the Dawkins character is a hoot.' Guardian 'A comic masterpiece to rival Jerome K Jerome or PG Wodehouse.' Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent 'it's very, very funny; also, slyly philosophical.' MrPorter.com 'When the Professor Got Stuck in the Snow - the novel that no one ... Read more