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 Nobody's Fool - Richard Russo
Newest Review: ... else's business. Your first introduction to the town is of a charming, but dying neighbourhood, like someone's great ... more  ... aunt living in genteel poverty. Ancient elm trees line the streets, providing a graceful backdrop to the elderly clapboard Victorian houses with crooked eaves and peeling paint. The warmth with which the author describes the town draws you in to his dusty, charming world, with what feels to be the least amount of effort on his part. The whole book has this effortless feel to it. The story centres around Sully. He's a jack of all trades and definately master of none, who somehow never quite managed to make h...more |
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Nobody's Fool - Richard Russo: Nobody's fool but their own. (770 words)
by - written on 05/11/03 (Very useful, 45 readings)
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I love this book. it has to be one of my all time favourite stories, one of the ones you read over and over again. You may have come across the film by the same name, which was quite true to the sotry. I'd recommend reading the book anyway, as it contains a wealth of details which you may well miss in the film. You'll end up feeling even fonder of the characters it introduces you. I have a really ancient, decrepit paperback copy. I'd like to think its just well-loved, with its rumpled yellowing pages, and its well creased spine. Its a fairly lengthy tome, but the sotry is such that when you get to the last page, you'll be wishing it was ... Read the complete review
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