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Straight Man: A Novel

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Straight Man: A Novel

Hilarious and true-to-life, witty, compassionate, and impossible to put down, Straight Man follows Hank Devereaux through one very bad week in this novel from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo.
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William Henry Devereaux, Jr., is the reluctant chairman of the English department of a badly underfunded college in the Pennsylvania rust belt.Â Â 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.Â Â

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.Â Â 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.Â Â In short, Straight Man is classic Russoâ‚¬"side-splitting, poignant, compassionate, and unforgettable.
Country USA
Brand Vintage
Manufacturer Vintage
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780375701900
Model 9780375701900
Color Red
ReleaseDate 1998-06-09
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780375701900

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