{"product_id":"the-devil-and-webster-paperback","title":"The Devil and Webster - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJean Hanff Korelitz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eYou Should Have Known\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAdmission\u003c\/i\u003e, a twisty new novel about a college president, a baffling student protest, and some of the most hot-button issues on today's college campuses.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Naomi Roth is the first female president of Webster College, a once conservative school now known for producing fired-up, progressive graduates. So Naomi isn't surprised or unduly alarmed when Webster students begin the fall semester with an outdoor encampment around \"The Stump\"-a traditional campus gathering place for generations of student activists-to protest a popular professor's denial of tenure. A former student radical herself, Naomi admires the protestors' passion, especially when her own daughter, Hannah, joins their ranks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Then Omar Khayal, a charismatic Palestinian student with a devastating personal history, emerges as the group's leader, and the demonstration begins to consume Naomi's life, destabilizing Webster College from the inside out. As the crisis slips beyond her control, Naomi must take increasingly desperate measures to protect her friends, colleagues, and family from an unknowable adversary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Touching on some of the most topical and controversial concerns at the heart of our society, this riveting novel examines the fragility that lies behind who we think we are-and what we think we believe.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean Hanff Korelitz\u003c\/b\u003e was born and raised in New York and graduated from Dartmouth College and Clare College, Cambridge. She is the author of one book of poems, \u003ci\u003eThe Properties of Breath\u003c\/i\u003e, and three previous novels, \u003ci\u003eA Jury of Her Peers, The Sabbathday River, The Devil and Webster, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe White Rose\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a novel for children, \u003ci\u003eInterference Powder\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also published essays in the anthologies \u003ci\u003eModern Love\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBecause I Said So\u003c\/i\u003e, and in the magazines \u003ci\u003eVogue, Real Simple, More, Newsweek, Organic Style, Travel and Leisure (Family)\u003c\/i\u003e, and others. She lives in Princeton, NJ with her husband (Irish poet Paul Muldoon, poetry editor at the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and Princeton poetry professor) and two children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 20, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53744564273459,"sku":"9781455592371","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/0vd8oVPucL9781455592371.webp?v=1785235147","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-devil-and-webster-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}