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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Inc
Published: Apr 1994
Genre: Fiction - General
Retail Price: $18.00
Pages: 432
Dallas Younger, a star athlete in high school, has fallen on hard times. His ex-wife Annie is locked in battle over her sick father’s care. And Randall, their son, is learning that in a town like Mohawk it doesn’t pay to be too smart. Richard Russo’s first novel is a classic portrait of American small town life in the second half of the 20th century.
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