01909cam a2200265 4500 759218430 TxAuBib 20170426120000.0 161020s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016041261 9781101947722 hardback $25.95 1101947721 hardback $25.95 (OCoLC)959535387 DLC eng rda DLC NjBwBT TxGR TxAuBib Russo, Richard, 1949-, author Milton and Marcus. Works Selections 2017. Trajectory [Book] / Richard Russo. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017. 243 pages ; 22 cm. Horseman -- Voice -- Intervention -- Milton and Marcus. "In this pair of novellas and two stories, Russo's characters bear little similarity to the blue-collar citizens we're familiar with from most of his novels. In "Horseman," a tenured professor confronts a young plagiarist as well as her own weaknesses as the Thanksgiving holiday approaches--"And after that, who knew?" In "Intervention," a realtor facing an ominous medical prognosis finds himself in his father's shadow while he presses forward, or not. In "Voice," a semi-retired English professor is conned by his increasingly estranged brother into coming along on a group tour of the Biennale, fleeing a mortifying incident with a traumatized student back in Massachusetts but encountering further complications en route. And in "Milton and Marcus," a lapsed novelist is struggling with his wife's illness and trying to rekindle his screenwriting career, only to be stymied by the pratfalls of that trade when he's called to an aging, iconic star's mountaintop in Wyoming"-- Provided by publisher. 20170426. RV8