Blue Angel

It has been years since Swenson, a professor in a New England creative writing program, has published a novel. It's been even longer since any of his students have shown promise. Enter Angela Argo, a pierced, tattooed student with a rare talent for writing. Angela is just the thing Swenson needs. An......more

It has been years since Swenson, a professor in a New England creative writing program, has published a novel. It's been even longer since any of his students have shown promise. Enter Angela Argo, a pierced, tattooed student with a rare talent for writing. Angela is just the thing Swenson needs. And, better yet, she wants his help. But, as we all know, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. . . .

Deliciously risqué, Blue Angel is a withering take on today's academic mores and a scathing tale that vividly shows what can happen when academic politics collides with political correctness.(less)

Francine Prose is the author of twenty works of fiction. Her novel

won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and

was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her most recent works of nonfiction include the highly acclaimed

, and the

bestseller

...more

Francine Prose is the author of twenty works of fiction. Her novel

won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and

was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her most recent works of nonfiction include the highly acclaimed

, and the

bestseller

. The recipient of numerous grants and honors, including a Guggenheim and a Fulbright, a Director's Fellow at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, Prose is a former president of PEN American Center, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her most recent book is

Francine Prose is the author of twenty works of fiction. Her novel

won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and

was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her most recent works of nonfiction include the highly acclaimed

, and the

bestseller

. The recipient of numerous grants and honors, including a Guggenheim and a Fulbright, a Director's Fellow at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, Prose is a former president of PEN American Center, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her most recent book is

. She lives in New York City. (less)