![]() ![]() Devereaux Sr., "then and now, an academic opportunist," has always been a high-profile professor and a low-profile parent. ![]() Then there are his possible prostate problems and the prospect of his father's arrival. It is April and fear of layoffs-even among the tenured-has reached mock-epic proportions Hank has yet to receive his department budget and finds himself increasingly offering comments such as "Always understate necrophilia" to his writing students. William Henry Devereaux Jr., is almost 50 and stuck forever as chair of English at West Central Pennsylvania University. Straight Man is hilarious sport, with a serious side. First Jane Smiley came out of the comedy closet with Moo, a campus satire par excellence, and now Richard Russo has gotten in on the groves-of-academe game. ![]()
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