Straight Man (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780375701900)

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 the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls. - Now the AMC Original Series Lucky Hank.

William Henry Devereaux, Jr., is 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 Man is classic Russo--side-splitting, poignant, compassionate, and unforgettable.

Look for Richard Russo's new book, Somebody's Fool, coming soon.

Author: Richard Russo
ISBN-10: 0375701907
ISBN-13: 9780375701900
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 06/09/1998
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.14h x 5.23w x 0.91d