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Everybody's Fool

By Richard Russo
Everybody's Fool by Richard Russo digital book - Fable

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Empire Falls returns to North Bath, the Rust Belt town first brought to unforgettable life in Nobody’s Fool. • "Irresistible.... Very funny.... A joy." —The New York Times

Now, 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 cardiologist’s 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 aren’t still best friends. Filled with humor, heart, and hard-luck characters you can’t help but love, Everybody’s Fool is a crowning achievement from one of the great storytellers of our time.

Look for Nobody's Fool, available now, and Somebody’s Fool, coming soon.

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“What a perfect book for a long weekend, heavy on the pages & he just writes characters that you care about. This was a sequel of sorts to, Nobody's Fool, revisiting many of the same characters. With appearances from Sully, Rub and Ruth and the always loved Sully. Richard Russo has quickly became one of my favorite contemporary authors. I can not wait to get my hands on his newest jewel Somebody's fool. Everybody's Fool is filled with the right mix of humor, absurdity and compassion set against the backdrop of a failing town.”
“Set in the small town of North Bath in upstate New York, “Everybody’s Fool” is the second in a series following “Nobody’s Fool.” Picking up a decade after the first story, I enjoyed how this story dove a little deeper into some of the townspeople surrounding Sully, the main character, and the progression of their lives from where we left off. Sully is gruff and quick-witted as always, but has found he barely knows what to do with himself after being left a good deal of money and deteriorating health.”
“4/5⭐️’s// I wanted to dislike this book right off the bat, because it opened with a smarmy character from book one. But, Russo made it impossible. This book is a redemption story for some of Sully’s nemisis. It’s a good, enjoyable story. (38/110) #readlist2023”

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