The Parsley Eater
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After high school graduation several years previously, Fred enrolled in the local junior college, mainly because it was located a few miles from his parents' farm. He planned to study two years at the junior college and then transfer to the state land grant university. At the time when Fred matriculated the junior college enjoyed a good reputation in the local community, from which much of its student body was drawn. Fred enrolled in Dr. Dickey's Introduction to Economics course. Dr. Dickey's reputation was that of the faculty radical and most absent minded professor. He habitually dressed in the same ill-fitting suit with food-stained tie. His hair appeared to have been styled by a political cartoonist. His ambition was to reconcile the ideas of Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud in one grand theory.
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The plot of The Parsley Eater takes place in the latter part of the twentieth century, before the advent of the internet and cell phones. It is the account of one year in the life of Fred Dobritzhofer, a.k.a. the Parsley Eater, who is employed by an avant-garde college. He is in his early thirties, and his mother fears that he will be too old to provide her with grandchildren, so she begins a campaign to have him marry a nubile young woman. During the course of the year, he endures several misadventures with women, including contact with the leader of a feminist commune.
About the Author
Inglis Cook was born in the Midwest and attended several schools in the area. Upon graduation from college, he served briefly in the United States Army Reserves, after which he began a graduate studies program. During his years of graduate study, he became interested in the Communitarian settlements and Feminist movements in nineteenth century United States of America and how these trends influenced thought in the twentieth century. He has published a previous novel, "Fair Are The Woodlands."