FREE: Straight Man by Richard Russo (1998, Paperback)

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Synopsis
In this uproarious new novel, Richard Russo performs his characteristic high-wire walk between hilarity and heartbreak. Russo's protagonist is William Henry Devereaux, Jr., the reluctant chairman of the English department of a badly underfunded college in the Pennsylvania rust belt. Devereaux's reluctance is partly rooted in his character--he is a born anarchist-- and partly in the fact that his department is more savagely divided than the Balkans. In the course of a single week, Devereaux will have his nose mangled by an angry colleague, imagine his wife is having an affair with his dean, wonder if a curvaceous adjunct is trying to seduce him with peach pits, and threaten to execute a goose on local television. All this while coming to terms with his philandering father, the dereliction of his youthful promise, and the ominous failure of certain vital body functions. in short, Straight Manis classic Russo--side-splitting and true-to-life, witty, compassionate, and impossible to put down.

Product Identifiers
ISBN-10 0375701907
ISBN-13 9780375701900

Key Details
Author Richard Russo
Number Of Pages 416 pages
Series Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
Format Paperback
Publication Date 1998-06-09
Language English
Publisher Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Additional Details
Copyright Date 1997

Dimensions
Weight 11.2 Oz
Height 0.9 In.
Width 5.2 In.
Length 8 In.

Target Audience
Group Trade

Classification Method
LCCN 96-048578
LC Classification Number PS3568.U812S77 1997
Dewey Decimal 813'.54
Dewey Edition 21