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A review by bobbo49
Straight Man by Richard Russo
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Academia as comedy - with some good observations about life in general:
Only after we've done a thing do we know what we'll do, and by then whatever we've done has already begun to sever itself from clear significance, at least for the doer.
Which is why we have spouses and children and parents and colleagues and friends, because someone has to know us better than we know ourselves. We need them to say, "I know you, Al. You're not the kind of man who."
or, quoting H.L. Mencken: "For every complex problem there's a simple solution. And it's always wrong."
Only after we've done a thing do we know what we'll do, and by then whatever we've done has already begun to sever itself from clear significance, at least for the doer.
Which is why we have spouses and children and parents and colleagues and friends, because someone has to know us better than we know ourselves. We need them to say, "I know you, Al. You're not the kind of man who."
or, quoting H.L. Mencken: "For every complex problem there's a simple solution. And it's always wrong."