Could have sworn it was CS Lewis, but they don't get listed in his
bibliographys.

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

On Mon, 06 Nov 2017 10:47:08 +0000, 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.

The best ones I can remember are the components of the Oxford Trilogy by
John Wain. Pre-, during and post-war:

http://johnwain.com/wordpress/?page_id=58

He was an Oxford don.

Very different from my own 40 years in a non-Oxbridge place...




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Nick Odell wrote
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.

There was more than one tho.

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?

Fraid not, I did find those with a google for oxbridge fiction dons
but they arent the ones I want. Should have said that, sorry.

Rod Speed wrote:

Nick Odell wrote
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.

There was more than one tho.

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?

Fraid not, I did find those with a google for oxbridge fiction dons
but they arent the ones I want. Should have said that, sorry.


I think CP Snow did that sort of stuff, but it was a very long time ago
I read it so I don't remember much detail. "Two cultures" etc.


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Could have sworn it was CS Lewis, but they don't get listed in his bibliographys.

C.P.Snow "Strangers and Brothers" series ?


michael adams

....

On 06/11/2017 12:13, Roger Hayter wrote:
Rod Speed wrote:

Nick Odell wrote
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.

There was more than one tho.

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?

Fraid not, I did find those with a google for oxbridge fiction dons
but they arent the ones I want. Should have said that, sorry.


I think CP Snow did that sort of stuff, but it was a very long time ago
I read it so I don't remember much detail. "Two cultures" etc.


I was going to say C P Snow too. I thought the writing was pretty poor
given the circles he moved in. Think Dan Brown meets Jeffrey Archer.

On Mon, 06 Nov 2017 11:02:13 +0000, Bob Eager wrote:

On Mon, 06 Nov 2017 10:47:08 +0000, 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.

The best ones I can remember are the components of the Oxford Trilogy by
John Wain. Pre-, during and post-war:

http://johnwain.com/wordpress/?page_id=58

He was an Oxford don.

Very different from my own 40 years in a non-Oxbridge place...

Another...set in my PPoE although it doesn't actually say so...

"The End of Mr Y" by Scarlett Thomas. Had dinner with her a couple of
times.



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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.


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On 06/11/2017 12:13, Roger Hayter wrote:
Rod Speed wrote:

Nick Odell wrote
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.

There was more than one tho.

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?

Fraid not, I did find those with a google for oxbridge fiction dons
but they arent the ones I want. Should have said that, sorry.


I think CP Snow did that sort of stuff, but it was a very long time ago
I read it so I don't remember much detail. "Two cultures" etc.


You may have in mind his Strangers and Brothers series.

But for pity's sake, "fiction involving Oxford or Cambridge dons" is
absurdly vague. Not even a clue about genre?



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Robin posted
I think CP Snow did that sort of stuff, but it was a very long time
ago
I read it so I don't remember much detail. "Two cultures" etc.

You may have in mind his Strangers and Brothers series.


"The Masters" was about a struggle for power in a Cambridge college. One
of the best in the series.

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On Monday, 6 November 2017 13:33:59 UTC, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gervase_Fen

Good fun...

On Mon, 06 Nov 2017 07:37:40 -0800, mark.bluemel wrote:

On Monday, 6 November 2017 13:33:59 UTC, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gervase_Fen

Good fun...

Oh, I'd forgotten about him. And I have all the books. Priceless (if
obscure( references: "There goes CS Lewis - it must be Tuesday" (or
whatever).

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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.

Yes. I liked that immensely.


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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

"Roger Hayter" wrote in message
...
Rod Speed wrote:

Nick Odell wrote
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.

There was more than one tho.

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?

Fraid not, I did find those with a google for oxbridge fiction dons
but they arent the ones I want. Should have said that, sorry.


I think CP Snow did that sort of stuff,

Bingo, thanks for that. I was starting to wonder if the problem was
dementia.

but it was a very long time ago I read it so I
don't remember much detail. "Two cultures" etc.

"michael adams" wrote in message
o.uk...

"Rod Speed" wrote in message
...
Could have sworn it was CS Lewis, but they don't get listed in his
bibliographys.

C.P.Snow "Strangers and Brothers" series ?

Yep, spot on, thanks for that. Surprising that it doesn’t
get a mention in the best of the oxbridge don fiction.

"Robin" wrote in message
...
On 06/11/2017 12:13, Roger Hayter wrote:
Rod Speed wrote:

Nick Odell wrote
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.

There was more than one tho.

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?

Fraid not, I did find those with a google for oxbridge fiction dons
but they arent the ones I want. Should have said that, sorry.


I think CP Snow did that sort of stuff, but it was a very long time ago
I read it so I don't remember much detail. "Two cultures" etc.


You may have in mind his Strangers and Brothers series.

But for pity's sake, "fiction involving Oxford or Cambridge dons" is
absurdly vague.

Clearly it was fine for at least 3 people now and I havent read all the
comments yet.

Not even a clue about genre?

What I said is just that.

Rod Speed wrote
michael adams wrote
Rod Speed wrote

Could have sworn it was CS Lewis, but they don't get listed in his
bibliographys.

C.P.Snow "Strangers and Brothers" series ?

Yep, spot on, thanks for that. Surprising that it doesn’t
get a mention in the best of the oxbridge don fiction.

Bugger, none in ebook format.

On 06/11/2017 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

And the sequel "Grantchester Grind"