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Tenure
Saved from certain death on the Whistler-Vancouver highway after his luxury car malfunctions, Mark Morata feels honour-bound to reward his rescuer, Geoff Pybus, with a token of his undying gratitude. Geoff, a frustratingly humble university professor, happy with his family’s lot in life, only wants the for his modest, straightforward wife to get tenure at her university.
Luckily, Mark is a man for whom impossible is just another word. As a sophisticated importer-exporter of certain recreational substances (“drug lord” is such a cliché), Mark gets to work on the academic world with the same relentless nature that helped him climb to the top of the cartel. However, the hallowed campus halls reveal an environment that is vicious and corrupt beyond anything he has ever encountered in the drug business...
Luckily, Mark is a man for whom impossible is just another word. As a sophisticated importer-exporter of certain recreational substances (“drug lord” is such a cliché), Mark gets to work on the academic world with the same relentless nature that helped him climb to the top of the cartel. However, the hallowed campus halls reveal an environment that is vicious and corrupt beyond anything he has ever encountered in the drug business...
264 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 14, 2021
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October 21, 2021
This is a hilarious premise. Drug Lord trying to convince academics to grant tenure where they have, previously, denied it. Not to suggest this is a comedy but the dry humour is worth the visit. And, guaranteed that you have not seen this combination of action movie and academia.
Do we call the transitions in our later years ‘coming of age’ stories? The Drug Lord’s internal struggle, the possibility of romance, the shoot outs and car chases/boat chases will make a great movie or Netflix series.
A memorable cast of characters capable of engaging us in a mult-season TV series. First season takes place in Vancouver, BC. Second season, Verona.
Be sure to read the acknowledgements at the end … seems Egan lifted the names of some of his characters straight from his list of his real life beloved rascals and scoundrels.
Do we call the transitions in our later years ‘coming of age’ stories? The Drug Lord’s internal struggle, the possibility of romance, the shoot outs and car chases/boat chases will make a great movie or Netflix series.
A memorable cast of characters capable of engaging us in a mult-season TV series. First season takes place in Vancouver, BC. Second season, Verona.
Be sure to read the acknowledgements at the end … seems Egan lifted the names of some of his characters straight from his list of his real life beloved rascals and scoundrels.
June 17, 2023
Thank you Kieran Egan for the adventure. Many hilarious unexpected laughs.
February 11, 2024
Premise was good, but execution was not. I couldn't tell if Egan was going for a bit of black comedy or if everything was supposed to be played straight.
December 14, 2024
Fun read
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