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Alex Belmont is in his fourth and final year at Simon Fraser University. But instead of looking forward to a bright future, he’s wondering what the hell he’s going to do with a humanities degree. And he’s thinking about girls. Why does he have such terrible luck with girls? And what’s the point of writing for the school newspaper? No one even cares about the damn thing.
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Following in the great tradition of campus novels like Lucky Jim and Mean Boy, The Dilettantes offers a deeply funny look at the quixotic world of academic life and student journalism in the 21st century.
Alex Belmont is in his fourth and final year at Simon Fraser University. But instead of looking forward to a bright future, he’s wondering what the hell he’s going to do with a humanities degree. And he’s thinking about girls. Why does he have such terrible luck with girls? And what’s the point of writing for the school newspaper? No one even cares about the damn thing.
But when a conglomerate threatens the very existence of the school paper, Alex suddenly has a mission, a purpose: it’s up to him and an unlikely group of fellow students to defeat their rival and save The Peak—whatever the cost.
Following in the great tradition of campus novels like Lucky Jim and Mean Boy, The Dilettantes offers a deeply funny look at the quixotic world of academic life and student journalism in the 21st century.
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"Hingston's strength is in dramatizing how lost and confused these young people are in a world fixated on surface appearances. And he does it all with a delicious sense of humour, eviscerating his characters' extended adolescence while creating sympathy for their attempt to find a place in the world." -- Quill and Quire "Hingston's strength is in dramatizing how lost and confused these young people are in a world fixated on surface appearances. And he does it all with a delicious sense of humour, eviscerating his characters' extended adolescence while creating sympathy for their attempt to find a place in the world." -- Quill and Quire "Hingston's strength is in dramatizing how lost and confused these young people are in a world fixated on surface appearances. And he does it all with a delicious sense of humour, eviscerating his characters' extended adolescence while creating sympathy for their attempt to find a place in the world." - Quill and Quire Comments: "Hingston's strength is in dramatizing how lost and confused these young people are in a world fixated on surface appearances. And he does it all with a delicious sense of humour, eviscerating his characters' extended adolescence while creating sympathy for their attempt to find a place in the world." - Quill and Quire
About the Author:
Michael Hingston is the books columnist for the Edmonton Journal. His writing has also appeared in the National Post, Alberta Views magazine, and McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. Born and raised in North Vancouver, Hingston now lives in Edmonton with his partner and two kids. The Dilettantes is his first novel.
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- PublisherBroadview Press
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1554811821
- ISBN 13 9781554811823
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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