The Dissertation
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| The Dissertation | |
| Author | R. M. Koster |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton |
| Publication date | 1972 |
| Media type | print (hardcover & paperback) |
| Pages | 438 pp |
| ISBN | 0-393-30648-8 |
The Dissertation [1] is a novel by R. M. Koster, part of the Tinieblas trilogy.
The book is a mock-PhD thesis, written by the son of the dictator of Tinieblas, recounting his father's rise and fall in a satire of academic prose, while the footnotes narrate the sad life of the doctoral candidate, in the manner of Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire. It is often cited by readers as their favorite book of Koster's.
