<b>From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of <i>Empire Falls</i> comes a wonderfully written novel about a small town in New York whose citizens have fallen on hard times. <br><br>"Immensely readable and sympathetic.... Mr. Russo has an instinctive gift for capturing the rhythms of small-town life." —<i>The New York Times</i><br></b><br>Mohawk, New York, is one of those small towns that lie almost entirely on the wrong side of the tracks. Dallas Younger, a star athlete in high school, now drifts from tavern to poker game, losing money, and, inevitably, another set of false teeth. His ex-wife, Anne, is stuck in a losing battle with her mother over the care of her sick father. And their son, Randall, is deliberately neglecting his school work—because in a place like Mohawk it doesn't pay to be too smart.<br><br>In <i>Mohawk, </i>Russo explores these lives with profound compassion and flint-hard wit. Out of derailed ambitions and old loves, secret hatreds and communal myths, he has created a richly plotted, densely populated, and wonderfully written novel that captures every nuance of America's backyard.<br><br><b>Look for Richard Russo's new book, <i>Somebody's Fool</i>, coming soon.</b>