Book Review

Mustang Sally (1992)

Details Writer: Edward Allen; Genres: Drama, Fiction; Publisher: W.W. Norton

This often hilarious satire on political correctness features Packard Schmidt, 48, a seedy, divorced English professor at a third-rate Indiana college dominated by trendy lefties and religious fundamentalists. Schmidt periodically escapes to the casinos of Las Vegas, and when he finds one of his prettiest ex-students working nearby as a prostitute, he succumbs to temptation, causing his career to unravel. Edward Allen's Mustang Sally suffers from plot contrivances and an underdeveloped female character, but Schmidt's angry narrative voice is almost pleasure enough. B+

Originally posted Nov 20, 1992 Published in issue #145 Nov 20, 1992 Order article reprints

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