Wittgenstein Jr. by Lars Iyer
Wittgenstein Jr. is the nickname Peters and his gang of fellow Philosophy undergrads give to their lecturer; a brooding, complicated, melancholic academic who is determined to make them grasp the very essence of philosophical thought. But the students are too busy getting drunk on lethal homemade cocktails, falling in and out of love, and coming to terms with the life waiting for them after Cambridge. As Wittgenstein Jr. becomes more withdrawn and depressive, the students come to realise how much he needs them.
'Fascinating.. A doomy, hilarious, thoughtful Cambridge comedy with a tone somewhere between Philosophical Investigations and Porterhouse Blue, as a bunch of dreadful modern undergrads struggle to make sense of a tragic, saintlike tutor who is not Wittgenstein, or not exactly.' Sunday Telegraph
Lars Iyer is a Professor in Creative Writing at Newcastle University, where he was formerly a longtime lecturer in philosophy. He is the author of the novels in the Spurious Trilogy, and more recently, the widely acclaimed Wittgenstein Jr., and Nietzsche and the Burbs.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780992876500 |
| ISBN 10 | 0992876508 |
| Title | Wittgenstein Jr. |
| Author | Lars Iyer |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Melville House UK |
| Year published | 2014-09-04 |
| Number of pages | 236 |
| Prizes | Long-listed for Folio Prize 2015, Long-listed for Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize 2015 |
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