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"Philip Engstrand is a professor who studies other professors and their disciplines. He realizes he is deeply in love with particle physicist Alice Coombs right about the time she becomes engrossed in a possibly monumental breakthrough: the creation of a singularity -- a black hole -- in the lab. Philip grows frantic as Alice and many others on campus become enthralled by this "Lack": speculating on which objects it will engulf and which it rejects. Other researchers try out their theories on the phenomenon while psychologist Cynthia Jalter flirts heavily with Philip. Lethem lampoons various contemporary academic fads, and there's a marvelous scene at a drunken cocktail party, while Philip tries ever more desperate means to get Alice back and she continues to recede from him."
David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Romance/Romance Problems
Yes
Kind of romance:
- love triangle/polygon
Life of a profession:
- scientist/scholar
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story
Yes
Lover is
- totally uninterested
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- teacher
Age:
- 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- natural phenomena
Has magical powers?
Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a substantial amount
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 1 (None)
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
Misc setting
- scientific labs
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
Amount of dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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