The Human Stain, Philip RothRead about another novel on the list.
Watch out—college campuses are perfect petri dishes for gossip, scandal, and destroyed reputations. When a well-respected professor, Coleman Silk, is felled by an outright false allegation of racism, the resulting investigation uncovers the truth. But it’s too late; his PC-happy campus has moved on, leaving Silk with a broken family and more than a few open wounds.
The Human Stain is on John Mullan's list of ten of the best fishing trips in literature.
--Marshal Zeringue