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 Review
His 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.
| ISBN: | 9780679753834 |
| Publication date: | 12th April 1994 |
| Author: | Richard Russo |
| Publisher: | Vintage Books an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 496 pages |
| Series: | Vintage Contemporaries |
| Genres: |
General Fiction Narrative theme: Coming of age Family Drama |
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.
The Risk Pool features in the following genres: General Fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Family Drama
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The Risk Pool was written by Richard Russo and published by Vintage Books an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
The Risk Pool has 496 pages
Yes it is part of Vintage Contemporaries series