The Floor of T.P.'s Office

When Professor T.P. Ivans stumbles upon two students having sex on the floor of his office, he has no way of knowing the ripple effect that shocking event will have on so many lives. Those touched by the incident include: • Tug Winters, a farm boy and the first member of his family to go to college. • Professor Ivans, a sexually frustrated history professor who can’t shake off his Puritanical upbringing. • Sally Mullen, an attractive coed recognized more for her carnal knowledge than her college credentials. • Katy Kuromaro, Tug’s true love who is left, literally, holding her bags at a bus station searching for her beau. • Johan Kuromaro, Katy’s brother, who battles Tug to force him to face the devastation he has wrought. • Ed Whitmore, Tug’s roommate, who is left picking up the pieces following his friend’s disappearance. Why did the sexcapade in T.P.’s office lead to agony and then disaster for professor Ivans? Why did students gather in shock under his window? How did Sally Mullen, the coed most advertised on the men’s restroom walls, turn Tug’s misfortune into a crushing end for the professor? Who manages to keep his or her head above water and who drowns in the ripples from that fateful night? Lee Carl’s fourth novel answers those questions and delves deeply into the troubled waters of human frailty, perception and reality, and the power of love. Carl also is the author of The White Squirrel, Under the Burdock Weed and The Cherry Tree.