About this book
The despair of his wife, the scourge of the university campus geese, Professor William Henry Devereaux Jr is a man at odds with himself and in thrall to the perversity principle. This is the comic portrait of a middle-aged man caught somewhere between cause and effect.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Published
- 1997
- Pages
- 416
- ISBN
- 9780701161996
- Language
- en
About Richard Russo
Richard Russo (born July 15, 1949) is an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and teacher. In 2002, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for his novel *Empire Falls.* Several of his works have been adapted into television series and movies. He is known for his realistic depictions of rural, small-town life in the Northeastern United States, particularly in Maine, Pennsylvania, and Russo's native Upstate New York.
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