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Apr 19, 2023
jim
Nov 05, 2022
I really enjoyed this romp at the university, very funny. The absurdity of life in a week. GWV
May 11, 2018hRuth rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Our Book Club read this from an hpl Book Kit. It was not well liked. Comments: too wordy, too many characters
Apr 11, 2018orange_lobster_23 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Henry Devereaux is a humane, funny college instructor who, the reader "pulls for" through his travails. Can't help if the view of academia mirrored Russo's stint at Colby College.
Nov 06, 2016rogebc_0 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
An intense, chaotic, ultimately sensible story of a few days in the life of a professor in the feuding English department of a middling state university in central Pennsylvania. Well-written, engaging, funny, poignant and long enough to…
Nov 08, 2014empbee rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Good style, funny at times. I thought it was written in the seventies. It seems that not much changed in academia.
Oct 17, 2014lukasevansherman rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I've known about Richard Russo for a while, but just started reading him this year and am devouring his work, which I think puts him at the forefront of contemporary American novelists. Like Irving, he has little interest in trends,…
hobyzoe
Aug 23, 2014hobyzoe rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
One of the best books I have ever read. Funny - yes, laugh-out-loud - but also excellent character development and superb philosophies. Writing this good is very rare indeed.
riwasows
Jun 12, 2014riwasows rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
One of the funniest books I've read in a long time.
DebbyReese
Jun 09, 2012DebbyReese rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I love Richard Russo's writing - he's an author who makes every word count - no wasted rhetoric! This book was so true - and so very funny - I loved it!
Jul 21, 2011jscearce rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
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.
Apr 19, 2011biblioholic rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is one of the funniest books I've ever read, hands-down.
Apr 19, 2011GummiGirl rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
A funny look at small-town academic life colliding with a midlife crisis.
Mar 21, 2011AJ_in_CoMo rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
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.
Jan 21, 2010lori_95070 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
My dad's a retired professor. I found this very funny, sometimes "laugh out loud" funny, sometmes just a chuckle.