{"product_id":"straight-man-9780375701900","title":"Straight Man","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHilarious and true-to-life, witty, compassionate, and impossible to put down, \u003ci\u003eStraight Man\u003c\/i\u003e follows Hank Devereaux through one very bad week in this novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eEmpire Falls\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003e• Now the AMC Original Series \u003ci\u003eLucky Hank.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Henry Devereaux, Jr., is the reluctant chairman of the English department of a badly underfunded college in the Pennsylvania rust belt. Devereaux's reluctance is partly rooted in his character—he is a born anarchist—and partly in the fact that his department is more savagely divided than the Balkans.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the course of a single week, Devereaux will have his nose mangled by an angry colleague, imagine his wife is having an affair with his dean, wonder if a curvaceous adjunct is trying to seduce him with peach pits, and threaten to execute a goose on local television. All this while coming to terms with his philandering father, the dereliction of his youthf","brand":"Random House USA Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49401929040215,"sku":"9780375701900","price":10.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780375701900.jpg?v=1730478896","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/straight-man-9780375701900","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}