It has been years since I read this, what a blast. My sister has rediscovered MacLeod and told me that this one reminded her of me in the initial events. It seems that Dr. Peter Shandy's college has a tradition of elaborate Christmas decoration in the faculty residential loop. Shandy has resisted all pressure to participate for eighteen years, but finally decides to avenge himself for all the annoyance. He arranges to have his house decorated with the gaudiest and most annoying display imaginable - including loud music - locks the program in --- and leaves town. Sort of the inverse of the first year we lived in this house. We had been away for Thanksgiving and returned home to find our street ablaze with light and sound - except for one dark space.
And so it goes. When Shandy's cruise ship develops engine trouble and puts in to port for repairs, he returns home to the monstrosity he created - and finds the body of the chief annoyer in his living room. The parodies of academia are priceless.
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