Somebody's Fool (First Edition)

Russo, Richard

ISBN 10: 0593317890 / ISBN 13: 9780593317891

Published by Knopf, New York, 2023

About this Item

New York, Knopf, 2023. First edition (stated). First printing. Fine in a fine jacket. A clean tight copy. Publisher's price intact on front jacket flap. Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. "Somebody s Fool" revisits Donald Sully Sullivan in the upstate New York town of North Bath, following the aging, debt-ridden handyman as he deals with family tensions, lingering rivalries, and the consequences of a lifetime of stubborn independence. The novel is the third book centered on Sully, following "Nobody s Fool" and "Everybody s Fool," and returns to the same setting and core cast of characters later in their lives. Russo is also the author of "Empire Falls" and "Straight Man," among other novels.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Somebody's Fool (First Edition)
• Publisher: Knopf, New York
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593317890
• ISBN 13: 9780593317891
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Empire Falls returns to North Bath, in upstate New York, and to the characters that captured the hearts and imaginations of millions of readers in his beloved best sellers Nobody’s Fool and Everybody’s Fool.

“Sumptuous, spirited . . . [Russo] paints a shining fresco of a working-class community...” —The New York Times • "Another instant classic, filled with Russo's witty dialogue and warm understanding of human foibles." —People Magazine


Ten years after the death of the magnetic Donald “Sully” Sullivan, the town of North Bath is going through a major transition as it is annexed by its much wealthier neighbor, Schuyler Springs. Peter, Sully’s son, is still grappling with his father’s tremendous legacy as well as his relationship to his own son, Thomas, wondering if he has been all that different a father than Sully was to him.

Meanwhile, the towns’ newly consolidated police department falls into the hands of Charice Bond, after the resignation of Doug Raymer, the former North Bath police chief and Charice’s ex-lover. When a decomposing body turns up in the abandoned hotel situated between the two towns, Charice and Raymer are drawn together again and forced to address their complicated attraction to one another. Across town, Ruth, Sully’s married ex-lover, and her daughter Janey struggle to understand Janey’s daughter, Tina, and her growing obsession with Peter’s other son, Will. Amidst the turmoil, the town’s residents speculate on the identity of the unidentified body, and wonder who among their number could have disappeared unnoticed.

Infused with all the wry humor and shrewd observations that Russo is known for, Somebody's Fool is another classic from a modern master.

About the Author

RICHARD RUSSO is the author of nine novels, most recently Chances Are..., Everybody’s Fool and That Old Cape Magic; two collections of stories; and the memoir Elsewhere. In 2002 he received the Pulitzer Prize for Empire Falls, which, like Nobody’s Fool, won multiple awards for its screen adaptation, and in 2023 his novel Straight Man was adapted into the television series Lucky Hank. In 2017, he received France’s Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine. He lives in Port­land, Maine.