The Last Speaker of Skalwegian

The Last Speaker of Skalwegian by David Gardner

271 Pages

Publisher: BooksGoSocial

Release Date: September 28, 2021

Fiction (Adult), General Fiction (Adult), Mystery, Thriller, Dramedy, Massachusetts

Professor Lenny Thorson lives in a defunct revolving restaurant atop an insurance building. The owner left him all the food. Unfortunately, it is only lobster and boysenberries. He teaches French at Ghurkin College and is trying to get tenure. The dean calls him to the office after Lenny fails two-star football players, Tom and Titus Sprocket. Lenny is not willing to change their grades. As part of his punishment, he had to drive around with Gerry the Gerbil, the college mascot, on his car.

Lenny is helping his friend Charlie Fox write a book about the Skalwegian language. Since Charlie is the last survivor of the language, he promised his uncle to make sure the language would not die out. Lenny gets a federal grant of $200,000 but when the check comes, the dean only gives him $3,000. He may get more if he changes the football players grades but he doubts that would happen.

This reminds me of watching Pink Panther movies. Things happen around the main character but is he unaware of them. He is a lucky guy and survives the accidents that happen around him. It is comedic and goofy. The pace is steady, the characters are somewhat developed, and it is written in the third person point of view. If you like dramedies, you may like reading this book.