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Book SynopsisRichard Russo won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for his fifth novel,
Empire Falls. He is also the author of
Mohawk,
The Risk Pool,
Nobody's Fool,
Straight Man,
Bridge of Sighs and
That Old Cape Magic, as well as a collection of stories,
The Whore's Child; and a memoir
, On Helwig Street. His original screenplay is the basis for Rowan Atkinson's film
Keeping Mum. He lives with his wife in Maine.
Trade ReviewI loved Richard Russo's Pulitzer-winning Empire Falls, a moving, brilliantly imagined and intensely satisfying novel about the slow death of a small town: Russo's characters are as loveable and as exasperating as family -- Nick Hornby
His natural grace as a storyteller is matched by his compassion for his characters -- John Irving
Like Anne Tyler, Russo is interested in how people rub along; in kindness and responsibility; in cutting slack without being asked. In the Empire Grill he has created a place so involving that not only can you see and smell it, but you start to feel a bit left out of the gin rummy. Russo makes an enormous job of story-telling look effortless. He is, in all the best senses of the word, a natural * Sunday Times *
Richard Russo can write like Edith Wharton leavened with a touch of David Lodge * Economist *
Russo's command of his story is unerring... He satisfies every expectation without lapsing into predictability, and the last section of the book explodes with surprises...One of the best novelists around * New York Times *
