![]() ![]() Perhaps it is just a guilty pleasure, but the universality of the characters and the bit of hope that emerges are things I find to be comforting in some way. It is a fast read, and it's one I come back to every couple years. The main character is sympathetic, to a point, but he is also part of the problem. ![]() The book is funny - sometimes laugh-out-loud funny - and for anyone on a faculty, I am willing to wager that, despite occasional absurdity, this faculty will feel like it could be yours. The book is a novel set in a small town in Pennsylvania and follows the trials and tribulations of an English-department faculty member at a college besieged by budget challenges, a dysfunctional department, and his own lack of motivation. A friend who is a member of a university faculty (non-law) some years ago recommended that I read Straight Man, by Richard Russo. ![]()
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