Empire Falls by Richard Russo Paperback Book

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Author: Richard Russo

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Random House Inc

Published: Apr 2002

Genre: Fiction - Psychological

Retail Price: $18.00

Pages: 483

Synopsis

In Richard Russo's lengthy fifth novel--this one set in a small Maine town--the Empire Grill provides the focus for the town's inhabitants, who include Miles Roby, who manages the place; Francine Whiting, the wealthy woman who owns it; Jimmy the cop; and Miles's large, eccentric, and often comic extended family. Many plots intertwine as the townsfolk are revealed in all their odd vulnerability, and Miles surveys them all from behind the counter of the grill. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001.

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