Is _Straight Man_ about academe? could you give us a brief summary? I liked the section man "send off" David Lodge offers in his _Small World_ and urged an email friend today to read _WN_. will On Fri, 18 Jul 1997, Karen Chauss wrote: > I'm currently reading Richard Russo's _Straight Man,_ which reminds me > quite a bit of DeLillo's _White Noise._ I don't like it as much as > _Nobody's Fool_ but I find the discussion of academe somewhat compelling. > > > > Karen Chauss > chauss@rpi.edu > http://www.rpi.edu/~chausk/ > http://secure.href.com/kchauss/ >