{"product_id":"9781668089972","title":"The Adjunct: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Be Eaten\u003c\/i\u003e, a “darkly funny, deeply incisive” (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e) take on the campus novel that follows a woman on the edge gigging her way through academia’s poor job market when she crosses paths with her old PhD adviser, whose new novel might be about her.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLitHub \u003c\/i\u003eMost Anticipated Book of 2026 * “Tense...Witty...Impeccably written.” —\u003ci\u003eGlamour\u003c\/i\u003e, Best Books for Book Clubs 2026 * “A unicorn...Truly thought-provoking.” —\u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e, Best New Books of March\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSam, an adjunct professor at a public university in Baltimore, takes a last-minute position at the private liberal arts college down the road. Overworked and underpaid, she lives in a blur of back-to-back classes, side hustles, and job applications for an ever-dwindling number of tenure-track jobs. Her already precarious existence is thrown into disarray when she runs into her former grad school adviser, Dr. Tom Sternberg, on campus.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTom and Sam have a complicated history, and it’s the last thing she wants to think about as she navigates academic politics, institutional hurdles, and romantic entanglements with men and women that further complicate a sexuality not even she can define. Then she learns that Tom left his old job for undisclosed reasons—and his long-awaited second novel is about a professor reckoning with his checkered past. As rumors spread that Sam is the inspiration behind a central character, she fights to regain control of the story.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAn “entertaining, provocative” (\u003ci\u003eBrooklyn Rail\u003c\/i\u003e) look at how hustle culture has come to define modern academia, \u003ci\u003eThe Adjunct \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a bold twist on a tangled MeToo story and turns Sam’s downward spiral into a searing critique of class and the hollow promises of the American dream.","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43056920035389,"sku":"9781668089972","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781668089972_p0.jpg?v=1774301418","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781668089972","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}