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Title: Straight Man (Vintage Contemporaries) by Richard Russo ISBN: 0375701907 Publisher: Vintage Books Pub. Date: June, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.48
Rating: 4
Summary: Entertaining read
Comment: This is an entertaining,light-hearted book that was very enjoyable, even humorous at times. If you are looking for a book that is well-written and witty but not too deep or moving, this is a good choice. A great book for relaxation and joy reading. Some of the writing is exceptional and will have you chuckling.
Rating: 5
Summary: Very funny
Comment: This is one of the funniest novels I've read in years. Highly entertaining with clever plotting and believable characters. I almost asphyxiated from laughing at the scene where Devereaux makes his threat before the cameras. I've also read Empire Falls (which did not have a happy ending, BTW) and thought Straight Man was a much better crafted and more successful novel. Read it and enjoy.
Rating: 4
Summary: Real characters
Comment: I loved reading "Straight Man". I usually read all bad reviews written at Amazon.com prior and after reading a book. The bad reviews in this case did not make my opionion on the book change an inch (as most times they do). Hank, the main character, is sometimes cynical and even rude, but underneath is a good guy. He likes his son in law, even knowing he cheated his loved daughter because he can emphathize with him. But he has scruples, and sends him away anyways. He has impulses to cheat on his wife, but loves her so much that he does not dare. He is nasty with most of his colleagues, but mainly because they take themselves to seriously.
Hank is so real you want to smack him or be friends with him. Like any living person he alternates between being a great guy and a first class jerk.
Read the book and you'll understand!
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Title: Nobody's Fool (Vintage Contemporaries) by Richard Russo ISBN: 0679753338 Publisher: Vintage Books Pub. Date: October, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Risk Pool (Vintage Contemporaries) by Richard Russo ISBN: 0679753834 Publisher: Vintage Books Pub. Date: May, 1994 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Mohawk (Vintage Contemporaries) by Richard Russo ISBN: 0679753826 Publisher: Vintage Books Pub. Date: May, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Empire Falls by Richard Russo ISBN: 0375726403 Publisher: Vintage Books Pub. Date: 12 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Whore's Child: And Other Stories by Richard Russo ISBN: 0375726012 Publisher: Vintage Books Pub. Date: 08 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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