Almost Dysfunctional: An American Academic's Search for Solace in Contemporary Russia

ISBN: 0595216544

Author: Hubbell, Larry

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Product DescriptionWalter Stanley, a middle-aged, mildly obsessive and slightly above average American political science professor, thinks he may have made a mistake. Why did he choose Russia as the site for his sabbatical? He's tired of the drunken camaraderie; he finds the crowded buses a Hobbesian world writ small; and he frequently becomes irate stepping in dog feces in the halls of his apartment. Away from his wife and family, he meets Lientjies Steenkamp, a beautiful, young South African Communist, who he becomes infatuated with upon their first meeting. Can a slightly burned out, tenured college professor find happiness in a dreary society with a woman fifteen years his junior?About the AuthorLarry Hubbell is a professor in the Political Science Department at a university in the Rocky Mountain West. Larry and his family have lived in Russia, Italy, South Africa and China where he conducted academic research.