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Richard Russo (born July 15, 1949) is an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and teacher. In 2002, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for his novel Empire Falls . [ 1 ] Several of his works have been adapted into television series and movies.
Somebody’s Fool is a 2023 novel by American author Richard Russo. It is the third installment in Russo's "North Bath Trilogy", following Nobody’s Fool (1993) and Everybody’s Fool (2016). The book is set in the fictional town of North Bath in Upstate New York, and it continues the storylines of characters from the previous books. Russo ...
Empire Falls is a 2001 novel written by Richard Russo. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2002, and follows the story of Miles Roby in a fictional, small blue-collar town in Maine and the people, places, and the past surrounding him, as manager of the Empire Grill diner. Critics roundly praised Russo's novel, especially his development of ...
Richard Russo is back with the third book in his “Fool” series, and while it feels climactic, the author hasn’t formally said if it officially ends the trilogy he began in 1993 with ...
Nobody's Fool is a novel by American author Richard Russo that was published by Vintage Books in 1993. The plot revolves around small-town life in the fictional town of North Bath in Upstate New York. Themes covered in the book include responsibility, forgiveness, and community.
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Richard Russo tells TIME about his new novel, 'Chances Are ...,' and the truth about destiny.
The Risk Pool is a 1988 novel by American author Richard Russo.It is a Bildungsroman or "coming of age" novel set in fictional Mohawk, New York, a dying blue-collar town. The Risk Pool was well received by critics, such as The New York Times, which called it a "superbly original, maliciously funny book" and praised Russo's "brilliant, deadpan writing."
"Chances Are..." is a slow-building mystery novel based around the disappearance of a young woman in 1971. Set primarily in 2015, with flashbacks to the characters’ coming-of-age in the 1960s and 1970s, the story follows three college friends who, now in their mid-60s, decided to reunite on the island of Martha’s Vineyard; the same place where the woman whom they all loved disappeared.