Everybody's Fool (2016)

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Richard Russo

05/03/2016
Overview
<b>NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of <i>Empire Falls</i> returns to North Bath, the Rust Belt town first brought to unforgettable life in <i>Nobody’s Fool</i>. • "Irresistible.... Very funny.... A joy." —<i>The New York Times </i></b><br><br>Now, ten years later, Doug Raymer has become the chief of police and is tormented by the improbable death of his wife—not to mention his suspicion that he was a failure of a husband. Meanwhile, the irrepressible Sully has come into a small fortune, but is suddenly faced with a VA cardiologist’s estimate that he only has a year or two left to live. <br><br>As Sully frantically works to keep the bad news from the important people in his life, we are reunited with his son and grandson . . . with Ruth, the married woman with whom he carried on for years . . . and with the hapless Rub Squeers, who worries that he and Sully aren’t <i>still</i> best friends. Filled with humor, heart, and hard-luck characters you can’t help but love, <i>Everybody’s Fool </i>is a crowning achievement from one of the great storytellers of our time.<br><b><br>Look for<i> Nobody's Fool,</i> available now, and <i>Somebody’s Fool</i>, coming soon.</b>
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