Richard Russo
Richard Russo is an American author whose Empire Falls won the Pulitzer Prize and whose working-class upstate New York novels have made him one of the most beloved chroniclers of American small-town decline. His warmly humanistic tone distinguishes him from darker American realists.
Works
- Empire FallsA small mill town's decline through the eyes of a beleaguered restaurant manager
- Nobody's FoolAn aging con man returns to his hometown facing consequences and redemption
- The Risk PoolTwo men bond through gambling and friendship against a backdrop of small-town life
- Straight ManA college professor navigates academic politics, divorce, and aging with dark humor
- Bridge of SighsA man returns to his hometown as his mother fades, confronting family and memory
- Everybody's FoolAn elderly con man's protégé navigates the consequences of their shared past