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| Genre/Form: | College stories Fiction Romans, nouvelles, etc |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Russo, Richard, 1949- Straight man. New York : Random House, c1997 (OCoLC)643859726 |
| Material Type: | Fiction, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Richard Russo |
| ISBN: | 0679432469 9780679432463 |
| OCLC Number: | 35927199 |
| Description: | xvii, 391 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Responsibility: | Richard Russo. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
A comedy on university downsizing. To make sure the English department's budget is not cut, William Devereaux, its chairman, goes on TV threatening to kill a goose a day if that happens. Unfortunately a goose is beheaded soon after and Devereaux finds himself in hot water. The setting is Pennsylvania. By the author of Nobody's Fool.
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