Title: Straight man
First published: 1996
Description: "Colby Winn, a repressed college professor, breaks out of his fastidious lifestyle when he impulsively picks up hitchhiker Ann Lee, an itinerant actress. As this mismatched love affair progresses, Colby descends into a tumultuous relationship which leaves him both vulnerable and violent. Past exposure to domestic abuse has Colby behaving in a manner that shocks even himself.

An intensity unfolds surprising Colby's colleagues as he attempts to obtain his elusive dreams (or are they nightmares?)."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Fiction, Men, Sexual behavior, Psychology, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, psychological, Family violence
LC classification: PS3552.I5 S77 1996