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The lecturer's tale

"Nelson Humboldt is a visiting adjunct English lecturer at prestigious University of the Midwest, until he is unceremoniously fired one autumn morning. Minutes after the ax falls, his right index finger is severed in a freak accident. Doctors manage to reattach the finger, but when the bandages come off, Nelson realizes that he has acquired a strange power--he can force his will on others with a touch of his finger. And so he obtains an extension on the lease of his university-owned town house and picks up two sections of freshman composition, saving his career from utter ruin. But soon these victories seem inconsequential, and Nelson's finger burns for even greater glory. Now the Midas of academia wonders if he can attain what every struggling assistant professor and visiting lecturer covets--tenure."--Back cover.

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