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Default OT fiction involving oxford or cambridge dons

On 06/11/17 16:13, Tim Streater wrote:
In article , The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

On 06/11/17 10:47, Nick Odell wrote:
On 05/11/17 23:21, Rod Speed wrote:
Could have sworn it was CS Lewis, but they don't get listed in his
bibliographys.

The closest Lewis I can think of is "That Hideous Strength" which is
set in a fictional university.

Tom Sharpe wrote a comic novel "Porterhouse Blue" about Cambridge
There's an Inspector Morse novel by Colin Dexter "The Silent World of
Nicholas Quinn" which involves academics committing murder. Malcolm
Bradbury and David Lodge have each written comic novels about
university life but not AFAIK Oxbridge.

Is that any help?

Nick


'Gaudy Night' by Dorothy L Sayers.
One of her best.


I think the Nine Tailors was a lot better.

I think The Nine Tailors is a cracking book - but it doesn't involve
Oxbridge Dons

Nick