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The Professor's Assassin (2000)

by Matthew Pearl(Favorite Author)

3.51 of 5 Votes: 4

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review 1: When I started this book I did not realize it was based on a true story. The riots over having guns on campus was such a current topic. It is an easy read, very straight forward. Professor Rogers is sort of an oddball on campus as he is the only hard scientist on the staff. Without his insistence and perseverance the murder would have gone unsolved. This book shows that the more things change the more they stay the same.
review 2: This novella which sets up Pearl's novel "The Technologies" is a great read! I enjoy how seamlessly Pearl weaves together his historic fiction and creates characters and scenarios that are both appealing and believable. This particular story takes place at the University of Virginia in the 1840's. It was a fascinating introdu... morection to how the early colleges functioned in our country. I enjoy how Pearl introduces concepts into history which you may not have though of before. For example, this short story deals with the question of student's carrying firearms, the type of people who had access to higher education, and the use of slave labor in a university setting. Although I had thought of these things as part of the time period, this book challenged me to place them together and examine them as they were truly lived. The added adventure of mystery makes this book a winner for me. less

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