Oranges for Magellan

Everything good in Joe Magellan''s life—family, teaching career, sanity—has been undermined by his baffling compulsion: breaking the world record for flagpole-sitting. Through the years Joe has made seven attempts at the record, his best effort a measly eleven days. Oranges begins on January 20, 1981, the day Joe is ''cured'' of his compulsion at Dr. Malcolm Kerridge''s ''Out, Damn Obsession!'' se...