Julius Taranto may have left his job as a lawyer at Kellogg Hansen in January 2023, but as a full-time writer he remains fascinated by the court of public opinion. His debut novel, How I Won a Nobel Prize, explores The Rubin Institute, a fictional American university founded by an eccentric billionaire that welcomes pedophiles, racists, and other disgraced scholars fleeing cancellation. Written in the vein of As She Climbed Across the Table by Taranto’s mentor, Jonathan Lethem, and The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen, this funny, provocative academic satire asks what demands genius makes on one’s attention, and which values can be sacrificed to advance art and science.
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