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Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0375726403
ISBN-13: 9780375726408
May 2002
Publisher: Vintage Books
483 pages
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Language: English |
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Synopsis
In Richard Russo's lengthy fifth novel--this one set in a small Maine town--the Empire Grill provides the focus for the town's inhabitants, who include Miles Roby, who manages the place; Francine Whiting, the wealthy woman who owns it; Jimmy the cop; and Miles's large, eccentric, and often comic extended family. Many plots intertwine as the townsfolk are revealed in all their odd vulnerability, and Miles surveys them all from behind the counter of the grill. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001.
| Size | | Length: | 483 pages | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 12.8 oz |
Industry Reviews
"[A] rich, humorous, elegantly constructed novel rooted in the bedrock tradition of American fiction. Needless to say, this is easily Mr. Russo's most seductive book thus far....It's about the price of reconciling dreams with disappointment, and the many unexpected ways of finding salvation....This book works like a prism, regarding the same people and events from different perspectives until they are finally, deeply understood."
New York Times - Janet Maslin (05/10/2001)
"Russo gives us a panoramic yet nuanced view of the imaginary town of Empire Falls, Maine, showing how the history of one powerful family can become the history of a place. It's the kind of big, sprawling, leisurely novel, full of subplots and vividly drawn secondary characters, that people are always complaining is an endangered species. Yet in part thanks to Russo's deft satiric touch--much of the book is laugh-out-loud funny--it never feels too slow or old-fashioned."
Salon - Maria Russo (05/17/2001)
"[Russo's] belief in the power of comedy--sometimes low, sometimes high--rescues his work from bathos and elevates it into the realm of literature."
New Yorker (06/18/2001)
"Russo's command of his story is unerring, but his manner is so unassuming that his mastery is easy to miss. He satisfies every expectation without lapsing into predictability....By the end of this novel, you'll know the town's geography like a native, and its tattered landmarks...will be as vivid and as charged with metaphor as Salem's house of seven gables or the mansions of East Egg. You will also have had the good fortune to tour this unremarkable geography in the company of an amiable, witty raconteur....[Russo is] one of the best novelists around."
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