Straight Man

Name: Straight Man
Author: Richard Russo

by Richard Russo

A college professor navigates academic politics, divorce, and aging with dark humor

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Richard Russo

Richard Russo is an American author whose Empire Falls won the Pulitzer Prize and whose working-class upstate New York novels have made him one of the most beloved chroniclers of American small-town decline. His warmly humanistic tone distinguishes him from darker American realists.

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Empire FallsA small mill town's decline through the eyes of a beleaguered restaurant manager
Nobody's FoolAn aging con man returns to his hometown facing consequences and redemption
The Risk PoolTwo men bond through gambling and friendship against a backdrop of small-town life
Bridge of SighsA man returns to his hometown as his mother fades, confronting family and memory
Everybody's FoolAn elderly con man's protégé navigates the consequences of their shared past