"Barely adequate philosophy professor Legare Hume has a mind-body
problem. No matter how far he goes, no matter how hard he thinks, he
can't escape the world he lives in. On the run from his wife Tally,
Legare joins brilliant but exceptionally awkward colleague Saul Grossman
to attend the American Philosophical Association's Charleston, South
Carolina conference, where worlds and walks of life collide in a strange
and satirical amalgamation that can only be described as
reality.Legare's mission is simple enough: put up with the conference,
read a paper he never thought anyone would want to hear, receive the
tenure he isn't sure he wants, and return, or not, to the wife who
nearly killed him before he left. But his plans are hijacked by a
botched hotel reservation and the all-too-convenient presence of the
Southern family Legare has worked very hard all his adult life to
avoid.Hume's Fork is a brilliantly satirical and philosophical novel,
every bit as funny as it is intelligent--a true original. Legare's
conflict--Hume's fork, if you will-- becomes the reader's, for all
worlds are one, and nothing can truly be separate from everything else."