Nobody's Fool
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Nobody's Fool
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Nobody's Fool
A much-needed new edition of Richard Russo's warm-hearted tale of a down-at-heel loser who gets a chance to change his luck.
Richard Russo's slyly funny and moving novel follows the unexpected operation of grace in a deadbeat town in upstate New York - and in the life of one of its unluckiest citizens, Sully, who has been doing the wrong thing triumphantly for fifty years.
Divorced from his own wife and carrying on halfheartedly with another man's, saddled with a bum knee and friends who make enemies redundant, Sully now has a new problem to cope with: a long-estranged son who is in imminent danger of following in his father's footsteps. With its sly and uproarious humour and a heart that embraces humanity's follies as well as its triumphs, Nobody's Fool is storytelling at its most generous.
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Nobody's Fool by Richard Russo is praised for its humour, rich character development, and engaging storytelling. The novel is compared to the works of Anne Tyler and John Irving, highlighting Russo's effortless narrative style and his ability to create unforgettable characters, particularly Sully. It's described as a compassionate portrayal of small-town life, with a blend of comedy and realism.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781760295189
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 03 January 2017
Country: Australia
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 37.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 426g
Pages: 624
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About the Author
Richard Russo is the author of eight novels, two collections of stories, and On Helwig Street, a memoir. In 2002 he received the Pulitzer Prize for Empire Falls, which like Nobody's Fool was adapted to film, in a multiple-award-winning HBO miniseries. He lives in Maine.
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