Empire Falls

Author: Richard Russo

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  • : $26.99 AUD
  • : 9780375726408
  • : Random House USA Inc
  • : Vintage Books
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  • : 0.363
  • : May 2002
  • : 203mm X 140mm X 32mm
  • : United States
  • : 14.95
  • : November 2001
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  • : English
  • : 813.54
  • : General Adult
  • : BL2002003909
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Description

With Empire Falls""Richard Russo cements his reputation as one of America's most compelling and compassionate storytellers.
Miles Roby has been slinging burgers at the Empire Grill for 20 years, a job that cost him his college education and much of his self-respect. What keeps him there? It could be his bright, sensitive daughter Tick, who needs all his help surviving the local high school. Or maybe it's Janine, Miles' soon-to-be ex-wife, who's taken up with a noxiously vain health-club proprietor. Or perhaps it's the imperious Francine Whiting, who owns everything in town-and seems to believe that "everything" includes Miles himself. In Empire Falls""Richard Russo delves deep into the blue-collar heart of America in a work that overflows with hilarity, heartache, and grace.

Author description

Richard Russo lives in coastal Maine with his wife and their two daughters. He has written five novels: "Mohawk," "The Risk Pool," "Nobody's Fool," "Straight Man" and "Empire Falls," and a collection of short stories, "The Whore's Child."