A review by michael5000
Straight Man by Richard Russo

4.0

Seventeen years later, 51 and with friends working in the Pennsylvania state college system, this campus comedy about a 50 year old guy facing 50-year-old-guy issues while working in the Pennsylvania state college system has all sorts of resonance that it didn't the first time through. As is true with most Richard Russo, I find it laugh-out-loud funny and really engrossing, entertaining, and more or less wise, and also a bit shaky on the dismount.