The Lecturer's Tale A Novel

In a satirical, Faustian tale of life in academia, Nelson Humbolt, an adjunct English lecturer at Midwest University, is abruptly fired, only to lose his finger in a freakish accident only minutes later, but after doctors successfully reattach his severed finger, Nelson discovers that he has acquired the ability to force his will on others with a touch of his finger. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.