Straight Man by Richard Russo Paperback Book

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Rent Straight Man

Author: Richard Russo

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Random House Inc

Published: Jun 1998

Genre: Fiction - General

Retail Price: $18.00

Pages: 391

Synopsis

The author of Nobody's Fool chronicles a singularly eventful week in the life of William Henry Devereaux, Jr., a once-promising novelist and now the middle-aged chairman of a university English department in hilarious disarray. Reprint. 60,000 first printing. Tour. NYT.

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