Mount Wonder - Paperback

by Scott J. Bloch (Author)

Memories of college have intruded on Bernard Kennisbaum's mind with increasing regularity. It is his junior year, and Bernard declares himself free of his father's financial claws, free to follow his Muse. A beguiling beauty, Apryl, has caught his eye, and her scent leads him into a lecture hall that will change his life. His unwitting arrival in a Great Books class--The Humanities Integration Program--devolves into a wild west showdown with a trigger-happy prof, ambitious administrators, jealous colleagues, vengeful state officials, hoodlums, and hangover hippies. Lured in by poetry, Plato, and female pheromones, Bernard discovers an unlikely collegiate underworld dedicated to rescuing Western civilization from soulless purveyors of the bottom line. The trouble is, Bernard doesn't know which side he is on, and he soon learns he may not know everything about his family or himself. In Mount Wonder, two cultures collide and roll into one rip-roaring adventure of love and learning. Based on true events at a major university, this novel will make you question your world and the world of higher education.

Author Biography

Scott J. Bloch is an author by night, an attorney by day, husband, father, and grandfather all the time. He never got over college and the transformative power of knowledge. This obsession inspired his debut novel. He is co-editor of The Essential Belloc (2010), and a writer/producer of the documentary AB about the only American in the Blue Rider artists group. He has appeared on radio, television, and in print, including the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal.