Gone Tomorrow

When George Canaris, a writing professor on the verge of forced retirement at a small college in Ohio, is killed by a hit-and-run driver, he is the first faculty member in half a century whose death merits an obituary in The New York Times. "A writer, a critic, a professor, a campus legend and a national figure, the very embodiment of the liberal arts," says the paper. And a mystery. "Compared to Faulkner and Dos Passos at the start of his career," the Times observed, "in the end he resembled Harper Lee."

With a book listed among the one hundred greatest novels of all time, decades now separating him from the hefty advance taken on his next book, The Beast, and not a page to show of it, Canaris is an enigma. Inevitably, speculation grows that the book was a myth, a lie, a joke.

Upon his death, Mark May, a young English professor who barely knew him finds himself named as Canaris's literary executor and begins a search through lives and letters that is at once gripping, hilarious, and affirming. A true page-turner, Gone Tomorrow is equal parts Richard Russo and Michael Chabon, and yet entirely unlike anything you've ever read. more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-30-2009; I Can't Believe I Almost Chucked It; I'm somewhat impulsive in my reading habits, so if something doesn't grab me quickly --within the first 5 pages or so-- I usually chuck it and move on. Which means I've probably missed out on a lot of slow starting but worthy books over...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-26-2009; Where Was the Editor?; I love a juicy novel that gives an inside peek at academia; "The Blue Angel" by Francine Prose and "Straight Man" by Richard Russo leap to mind. P. F. Kluge's "Gone Tomorrow" has many glimpses into the hype and hypocrisy of private...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-12-2009; Where are the copy editors of yesteryear?; This rather amusing send-up of the academy (told, as always in this genre, by a visiting professor of English), is plagued with typos (!). Usually typos are annoying but otherwise harmless. However, this story is twisted from the start...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-17-2008; I wanted to like this book; I love the title of this book, the premise of the book, and so much of the writing is beautifully observant. PF Kluge knows the academy, and he has many interesting things to say about it. It should be good reading.A good read can put...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-30-2009; I Can't Believe I Almost Chucked It; I'm somewhat impulsive in my reading habits, so if something doesn't grab me quickly --within the first 5 pages or so-- I usually chuck it and move on. Which means I've probably missed out on a lot of slow starting but worthy books over...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-26-2009; Where Was the Editor?; I love a juicy novel that gives an inside peek at academia; "The Blue Angel" by Francine Prose and "Straight Man" by Richard Russo leap to mind. P. F. Kluge's "Gone Tomorrow" has many glimpses into the hype and hypocrisy of private...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-12-2009; Where are the copy editors of yesteryear?; This rather amusing send-up of the academy (told, as always in this genre, by a visiting professor of English), is plagued with typos (!). Usually typos are annoying but otherwise harmless. However, this story is twisted from the start...; read full review | report as inappropriate