If you think a university is simply an institution of higher learning, think again.

When professor Andy Browne is fired from the University of St. Siven, his wife, Camille, asks one of Andy's colleagues, John Sladek, to find out why. From past experience, she knows Andy won't tell her the truth. "Andy Browne's Departure," set in the small, fictitious Caribbean island of St. Siven, takes you through an intriguing maze of academia, love, sex, and secrecy in paradise.

During the course of what becomes his last semester at St. Siven, the administration discovers that Dr. Browne does not...