Diploma Factory (Vol. 1)

Normal 0 21 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normal Table"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-to-margin:0cm; mso-to-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} Originally published under the title *The Illiterate Who Passed the Entrance Exam*, *Diploma Factory* is the first book in the campus trilogy, which consists of the novels *The Perfect Husband Lives Next Door* and *The Back of the Boarding Pass*, which has just been released. The series features the chaos of Brazilian universities and a recurring character, Professor Antonio Pastoriza. In this new edition, Felipe changed some details to make the plot even more dynamic. *Diploma Factory* is a captivating suspense story set against the turbulent (and little-explored) reality of Brazilian university students, torn between books, impossible loves, and drug- and alcohol-fueled parties. A pharmacy student is shot on a college campus during a break. Psychoanalyst Antonio Pastoriza is called by the dean to investigate the crime and discovers the involvement of a strange character who, despite being illiterate, has just passed the entrance exam. Tormented by doubts about the methods employed in his chosen profession, Pastoriza reconnects with an ex-girlfriend, becomes embroiled in a personal dispute with the police chief, and finds himself caught in the middle of a war between militias and drug traffickers for control of a new synthetic drug produced in the university's pharmacy laboratory. He must also uncover the identity of the mysterious Doctor, a criminal whose face no one has ever seen. During his investigation, the psychoanalyst becomes aware of the decline of higher education in the country and the commercial competition for students/clients among private institutions, fueled by the arrival of unscrupulous foreign investors interested in participating in our multimillion-dollar education market.