Straight Man
Subtitle: A Novel
Publisher: Vintage
Published: June 9, 1998
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780375701900
First sentence: When my nose finally stops bleeding and I've disposed of the bloody paper towels, Teddy Barnes insists on driving me home in his ancient Honda Civic, a car that refuses to die and that Teddy, cheap as he is, refuses to trade in.