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Russo, like Flannery O'Connor, has a gift for conveying the absurdity and severity of everyday life with brutal honesty, humor, and compassion -- Amazon.com, editorial review All of the stories are told with great authority and near flawless technique. -- Booklist Russo's rueful understanding of the twisted skein of human relationships is as sharp as ever, and the dialogue throughout is barbed, pointed and wryly humorous. -- Publishers Weekly Russo again proves himself the master of real-life angst with the comic twist. His characters are sometimes funny, often sad, but never pathetic. -- Orlando Sentinal Reading a collection of Richard Russo stories is a bit like watching a home-run hitter try to lay down a squeeze bunt...A charming performance. -- New York Times

All of the stories are told with great authority and near flawless technique. -- Booklist Reading a collection of Richard Russo stories is a bit like watching a home-run hitter try to lay down a squeeze bunt...A charming performance. -- New York Times Russo again proves himself the master of real-life angst with the comic twist. His characters are sometimes funny, often sad, but never pathetic. -- Orlando Sentinal Russo, like Flannery O'Connor, has a gift for conveying the absurdity and severity of everyday life with brutal honesty, humor, and compassion -- Amazon.com, editorial review Russo's rueful understanding of the twisted skein of human relationships is as sharp as ever, and the dialogue throughout is barbed, pointed and wryly humorous. -- Publishers Weekly

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Richard Russo is the author of eight novels, two short-story collections, and the memoir Elsewhere. 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.

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