Pictures from an Institution: A Comedy (Phoenix Fiction)

Beneath the unassuming surface of a progressive womens college lurks a world of intellectual pride and pomposity awaiting devastation by the pens of two brilliant and appalling wits. Randall Jarrells classic novel was originally published to overwhelming critical acclaim in 1954, forging a new standard for campus satireand instantly yielding comparisons to Dorothy Parkers razor-sharp barbs. Like his fictional nemesis, Jarrell cuts through the earnest conversations at Benton Collegemischievously, but with mischief nowhere more wicked than when crusading against the vitriolic heroine herself.