The Case of Ockham's Razor - Hardcover

Kovich, Charles M.; Hancock, Curtis L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0970387717 ISBN 13: 9780970387714

Publisher: Liber Media & Pub, 2001

Synopsis

When there's murder at St. Swithun's Collegfe  and there always is  you can find Father Dietrich Shrader on the case, using his remarkable philosophical skills to unlock the darkest mysteries of life and death (usually the latter). In this first book of the entertaining series, Professor Shrader calls on the philosophical principle of Ockham's razor to solve wealthy college benefactor J. Garrison Nielson's murder.

There are lots of laughs and a healthy dose of classical education mixed into this satirical jaunt through an imaginative and well-crafted murder mystery. From eccentric professors who spend years researching seemingly ueseless and obscure bits of knowledge, to air-headed students and petty administrators who can't even spell "scholarship"  no one gets a PASS from the authors' humorous critique.

The frolicsome pace and witty satire will turn the pages for you as Father Shrader sifts through centuries of wisdom to unravel another mystery tied tighter than a Marzipanian fisher's knot.

About this title

About the Author

Charles M. Kovich produces the Plays-in-Progress Workshop for new playwrights through the Center for Arts and Letters in Kansas City where he is Professor and Chair of the Department of English at Rockhurst University. He possesses fluency in several languages -- classical and modern -- and is co-author of The Case of the Muse of Madness and The Case of the Owl of Minerva. He is also the narrator for the TalkBook version of these.

Curtis L. Hancock has been surprising his readers for years with his fresh reinventions of classical philosophy. His successful contemporary philosophical dialogue 'How Should I Live?' (co-authored with Randolph M. Feezell) is now in print around the world in multiple languages. Professor of Philosophy at Rockhurst University, he has also produced a wide array of scholarly publications in addition to co-authoring the Father Shrader Mystery books.

Review

"Laugh-out-loud funny!...The imagery at the end was vivid and disturbing" -- National Public Radio

"This is the rare mystery that illuminates the world of great ideas with vivacious imagination and wit" -- Edmund Miller, Author of the Happiness Cure

"[Kovich and Hancock are] equal-opportunity satirists!" -- THE KANSAS CITY STAR

Edition details

• Publisher: Liber Media & Pub
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0970387717
• ISBN 13: 9780970387714
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 161