“The Land of Cows” could have been written by Thomas Pynchon, if he had to work for half a year at a small college. Pearson’s verbal acrobatics and play with meanings will make the reader literally moo with pleasure.
Charlie arrives at Cow College, where he doesn’t yet know what, as a coordinator of special projects, he’ll be working on. The tasks seem extremely simple—get the college’s accreditation renewed and organize a grand Christmas party.
But Charlie will have to butt heads with bureaucracy: there are two opposing groups at the college, and their hostility may prevent him from achieving his goal. One group is the old-school meat-eaters, while the other is a new generation of vegetarians. In the labyrinth of “meat of discord,” strange faculty members, and a dubious lineup of academic disciplines, Charlie will have to look for not the most obvious exits, bordering on madness.