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Joe College is a 2000 campus novel by American writer Tom Perrotta. Set at Yale during the mid-1980s, it follows a scholarship student negotiating college social pressures while also working with his father's lunch truck. The book uses that setting to examine the gap between student life, family work, and the social differences that shape an elite university, making it a campus-centered comic novel rather than a general account of higher education.
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How good is Joe College?
Joe College scores 6.16/10 (Fair) on Lunoo, making it rated in the Campus Novel category.
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