The Risk Pool
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4.2
Richard Russo
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls comes a wonderfully funny novel 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."Superbly original and maliciously funny." —The New York Times Book ReviewHis father, Sam, cultivates bad habits so assiduously that he is stuck at the bottom of his auto insurance risk pool. His mother, Jenny, is slowly going crazy from resentment at a husband who refuses either to stay or to stay away. As Ned veers between allegiances to these grossly inadequate role models, Richard Russo gives us a book that overflows with outsized characters and outlandish predicaments and whose vision of family is at once irreverent and unexpectedly moving.Look for Richard Russo's new book, Somebody's Fool, coming soon.
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Author
Richard Russo
Pages
496
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published Date
2011-11-09
ISBN
0307809935 9780307809933
Ratings
Google: 4.5
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