The book “The Blue Angel” (2000) is a “university novel”, the story of the relationship between a disappointed middle-aged professor at a private university, a former writer, and his talented student. A love affair becomes the cause of the collapse of both the married life and the hero’s career. The conflict in F. Prowse’s book largely repeats the plot of the famous film “The Blue Angel” with Marley Dietrich in the title role. It is symbolic that the professor’s first acclaimed book, the success of which he cannot repeat, is also called “The Blue Angel.”