Everybody's Fool: A Novel (North Bath Trilogy)

ISBN: 0307454827

Author: Russo, Richard

Condition: New

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls returns to North Bath, the Rust Belt town first brought to unforgettable life in Nobodys Fool. "Irresistible.... Very funny.... A joy." -The New York TimesNow, ten years later, Doug Raymer has become the chief of police and is tormented by the improbable death of his wife-not to mention his suspicion that he was a failure of a husband. Meanwhile, the irrepressible Sully has come into a small fortune, but is suddenly faced with a VA cardiologists estimate that he only has a year or two left to live.As Sully frantically works to keep the bad news from the important people in his life, we are reunited with his son and grandson . . . with Ruth, the married woman with whom he carried on for years . . . and with the hapless Rub Squeers, who worries that he and Sully arent still best friends. Filled with humor, heart, and hard-luck characters you cant help but love, Everybodys Fool is a crowning achievement from one of the great storytellers of our time.Look for Nobody's Fool, available now, and Somebodys Fool, coming soon.