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The Risk Pool (Vintage Contemporaries)
The Risk Pool - Vintage Contemporaries
Author: Richard Russo
A wonderfully funn and perceptive novel in the traditions of Thornton Wilder and Anne Tyler, The Risk Pool is set in Mohawk, New York, where Ned Hall is doing his best to grow up, even though neither of his estranged parents can properly be called adult. — His father, Sam, cultivates bad habits so assiduously that he is stuck at the bottom...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780679753834
ISBN-10: 0679753834
Publication Date: 4/12/1994
Pages: 496
Rating:
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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4.1 stars, based on 51 ratings
Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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Another excellent book by Richard Russo. His writings give voice to life's characters with all our faults in a thoughtful and humorous way.
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Richard Russo is know for getting inside the heads of his characters and this one is a rich collection of interesting and quirky people, and how they affect one another through life.
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