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Straight Man by Richard Russo is a humorous and compassionate novel about William Henry "Hank" Devereaux Jr., the reluctant chairman of an underfunded English department at a Pennsylvania college. The story follows Hank over the course of one chaotic week as he deals with threats of budget cuts, a department in turmoil, and his own mid-life crisis, leading to a series of absurd situations like threatening to kill a goose on local television.
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