Foreign Affairs follows two professors of English literature at an Ivy League college on study leave in London. Vinnie Miner is a tenured professor, who specializes in children's literature. A Fifty-four year old divorcee, she is convinced that her physical plainness will prevent her from ever experiencing true love. Vinnie's strong libido and Victorian mind-set war within her and she has worked out patterns of behavior that allow her to get through life with minimal problems. An imaginary dog Fido, who appears whenever self-pity strikes Vinnie, sizes himself to fit her mood. Childless and not particularly sympathetic to children as individuals, Vinnie will spend six months in a country she truly loves, trying to prove her thesis that British rhymes are more ancient and more literary than American ones, while both share a common theme of.....
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