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Publisher: New York - Vintage Books

Pages: 391

Edition: 1st Vintage contemporaries ed

ISBN: 0375701907

Language: English

Statement of responsibility: Richard Russo

Physical description: xvii, 391 p. ; 21 cm

Call number: FIC RUSSO 1998

Library Identifier 2354900

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jscearce

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I thought this was SUPER funny. The writing style is similar to my own way of saying things, so it made we connect with the story a lot. Also very heart-wrenching at times, at least to me. But definitely funny. Highly recommend.

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This is one of the funniest books I've ever read, hands-down.

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A funny look at small-town academic life colliding with a midlife crisis.

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I suppose this was a funny book...but, frankly I found it a little too TRUE to be funny! Very accurate writing about academia and the foibles/plots/fears/desires of a college's professors and administration. A good book.

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My dad's a retired professor. I found this very funny, sometimes "laugh out loud" funny, sometmes just a chuckle.

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