"When Richard Montague, a philosophy professor at a Northern California university, is found dead in an extremely troubling manner, the dean of faculty calls on Asherfeld for help. As he attempts to figure out what happened, Asherfeld finds the campus divided along the lines of sexual and racial politics, with Montague himself the absent leader of a radical faction. Every group of students and faculty at this peculiar institution leads Asherfeld to a new surprise - each more secretive and questionable than the last." "Less than Meets the Eye escorts Asherfeld through a maze of secrets about Montague's life, ones that even his shock colleagues. Many people had reasons to hate Montague, but nobody seems to have murdered him - if, indeed, he was murdered ...."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved