University of Lost Causes - Larry McCloskey J J

After serving as Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger did a stint at Harvard whereupon he said, "University politics makes me pine for the relative peace of the Middle East." Which sets the stage for ubiquitous murderous intent, mysterious multiple murders, identity politics run amok, and satire for the absurd age in which we live. 

University of Lost Causes is a character driven novel set in a fictitious New England university at an unspecified time after Covid. St Jude's (the patron saint of lost causes) University is determined to become the most woke ivory tower in the world. Thank God things don't always turn out as planned.