'Nobody's Fool' by Richard Russo is a character-driven novel set in a small, declining resort town in upstate New York. The story revolves around Donald Sullivan, known as Sully, a down-on-his-luck construction worker with a penchant for making poor decisions. The book delves into the day-to-day struggles of Sully and other vividly portrayed characters as they navigate life in a town that has seen better days. Despite its lack of a complex plot, the book is praised for its realistic and interesting character studies, as well as Russo's ability to capture the essence of small-town life through his writing.
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Triggers or content warnings include themes of abuse, family dysfunction, and personal loss, which may resonate with some readers.
From The Publisher:
This slyly funny, moving novel about a blue-collar town in upstate New York-and in the life of Sully, of one of its unluckiest citizens, who has been doing the wrong thing triumphantly for fifty years-is a classic American story.
Divorced from his own wife and carrying on halfheartedly with another man's, saddled with a bum knee and friends who make enemies redundant, Sully now has one new problem to cope with: a long-estranged son who is in imminent danger of following in his father's footsteps. With its uproarious humor and a heart that embraces humanity's follies as well as its triumphs, Nobody's Fool, from Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Richard Russo, is storytelling at its most generous.
Nobody's Fool was made into a movie starring Paul Newman, Bruce Willis, Jessica Tandy, and Melody Griffith.
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Loved the way Russo made even the most flawed characters loveable. I feel as though I've lived in this town and knew all those people sometime in my life.
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About the Author:
Richard Russo is the author of eight novels, most recently Everybody's Fool and That Old Cape Magic; two collections of stories; and the memoir Elsewhere. In 2002 he received the Pulitzer Prize for Empire Falls, which like Nobody's Fool was…
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