The next category to be revealed …. [drum roll].. is the book Closest to the Bone. The winner in this category is Straight Man (1997) by Richard Russo. It chronicles the lows and lows of the life of a head of a department at a university. Fractious colleagues, deceitful deans, whining students, shrinking budgets, and geese. It has everything.
It is discussed elsewhere on this blog. Get clicking’.
Richard Russo has many other titles.