03513cam a2200589 4500 468416419 TxAuBib 20201029120000.0 ||||||s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780307809940 0307809943 B005WBGNZS Amazon 7f4e42ab-d0d9-4d0b-98ce-e59afded8451 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 159157 159157 159157 657491 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Russo, Richard, 1949- Straight Man [Libby eBook] : A Novel. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2011. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2886kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. contemporary literary fiction. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. contemporary womens fiction. books for 13 year old girls. realistic fiction books. richard russo books. literary fiction. American fiction. British fiction. humorous books. Coming of age. fiction books. richard russo. summer read. funny books. humor books. funny gifts. book club. Chick Lit. HTML:<i>Hilarious and true-to-life, witty, compassionate, and impossible to put down, <b>Straight Man</b> follows Hank Devereaux through one very bad week in this novel from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo.</i><br /> <br /> 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.<br /> 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, <b>Straight Man</b> is classic Russo—side-splitting, poignant, compassionate, and unforgettable. Humor (Fiction.) Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2020-12-28 22:00:03. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/7F4/E42/AB/StraightManANovel9780307809940.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7F4E42AB-D0D9-4D0B-98CE-E59AFDED8451&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/7F4/E42/AB/StraightManANovel9780307809940.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7F4E42AB-D0D9-4D0B-98CE-E59AFDED8451&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/7F4/E42/AB/StraightManANovel9780307809940.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7F4E42AB-D0D9-4D0B-98CE-E59AFDED8451&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)