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Everybody's Fool
Everybody's Fool | Richard Russo
Richard Russo, at the very top of his game, now returns to North Bath, in upstate New York, and the characters who made "Nobody s Fool "(1993)" "a confident, assured novel [that] sweeps the reader up, according to the" San Francisco Chronicle "back then." " Simple as family love, yet nearly as complicated. Or, as "The Boston Globe "put it, a big, rambunctious novel with endless riffs and unstoppable human hopefulness. " " The irresistible Sully, who in the intervening years has come by some unexpected good fortune, is staring down a VA cardiologist s estimate that he has only a year or two left, and it s hard work trying to keep this news from the most important people in his life: Ruth, the married woman he carried on with for years . . . the ultra-hapless Rub Squeers, who worries that he and Sully aren t "still" best friends . . . Sully s son and grandson, for whom he was mostly an absentee figure (and now a regretful one). We also enjoy the company of Doug Raymer, the chief of police who s obsessing primarily over the identity of the man his wife might ve been about to run off with, "before" dying in a freak accident . . . Bath s mayor, the former academic Gus Moynihan, whose wife problems are, if anything, even more pressing . . . and then there s Carl Roebuck, whose lifelong run of failing upward might now come to ruin. And finally, there s Charice Bond a light at the end of the tunnel that is Chief Raymer s office as well as her brother, Jerome, who might well be the train barreling into the station."Everybody s Fool "is filled with humor, heart, hard times and people you can t help but love, possibly because their various faults make them so stridently human. This is classic Russo and a crowning achievement from one of the greatest storytellers of our time."
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rkpope
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A wonderful book about people's anxiety's, fears and worries, but with a good ending.

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Sjhaug
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I love Richard Russo, it is amazing how engrossing his books are for me.

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IamIamIam
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My daughter has a Girl Scout event at a local library a town over & they have a clearance rack of books that you don't technically need to pay for! Instead of taking advantage, I only got what I had money for. I feel like I bought this Russo already, though. There might be a giveaway soon.... 🤣🤣

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Franki
Everybody's Fool | Richard Russo

Wish in one hand and shit in the other. Let me know which one fills up first.

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BethFishReads
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In celebration of June Is #Audiobook Month, I‘ve been recommending a book a day on Twitter. I forgot to include listening Littens! Ooops. 🎧Today‘s rec is brilliantly read by Mark Bramhall

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DocBrown
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Well I‘m glad I️ read this follow up to Nobody‘s Fool. This isn‘t as focused on the same characters. Ten years have passed so some have died off. A minor, unsympathetic character from the first book becomes the center of the story, and is humanized in the process. Another aging white guy. But still good! Very fun, interesting, and satisfying, with lots of zany twists along the way. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Jas16
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erzascarletbookgasm 👏🏼😀 7y
LaraReads Nicely done!! 😂 7y
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NatalieR
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Such a great cast of characters! Many LOL moments as the people of Bath, NY live their day to day lives. I like Sully; the grumpy old man who deep down really cares about himself and others.

Reecaspieces Love love love the teapot!! I am sure the book is good too!! 7y
NatalieR @Reecaspieces Thanks! 😊 7y
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mrozzz
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A day late but #riotgram #yellowcovers @bookriot
Read them all except for Good As Gone
FYI Richard Russo writes a fabulous book if you're a patient reader.

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Jas16
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Birthday #bookhaul from my boss because today was my first day back at work. No one ever buys me books so this is especially awesome. One book I have never heard of and two from my wish list. Really looking forward to to being reunited with Sully in Everybody's Fool. He is a #fantasticcharacter. #aprilamazingreads.

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JenP
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#riotgrams #rainbowstack All TBR books (minus the 1 well loved copy that I've already read)

monkeygirlsmama Beautiful! 8y
LeahBergen I love the photo bomb! 😂 8y
JenP @LeahBergen 😂he gets jealous when I try to take a photo of something other than him 8y
RadicalReader @JenP how awesome they always tend to suffer from some form of jealousy or another 8y
Fantasyfan I am almost with Ready Player One. It is soooooooooo good! 8y
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BeckyBelt
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Nobody's Fool is one of my all-time favorite books and when I heard a sequel was coming out I almost couldn't handle it. I'm only a couple chapters in but oh, I love these characters so much and am glad their stories continued.

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LitHousewife
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Attention Mark Bramhall fans: his work on Everybody's Fool is highlighted in my second of three posts highlighting AudioFile Magazine's Best Audiobooks of 2016 in Fiction. Many thanks to the magazine for asking me to partner with them!

http://literatehousewife.com/2016/12/audiofiles-best-audiobooks-2016-fiction-par...

Megabooks Thanks for sharing! 8y
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amycollard
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I loved returning to the characters and setting from Nobody's Fool. Sully is back and in this book more time is spent with one of the other characters that was on the side in the last one. Love the humor and small town antics. Definitely want to read more of Russo in the future!

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Lauraelise42
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Russo brings humor and insight into the banal and ordinary through the beautiful use of language and shifting perspectives. The story takes place over three days in a small town through the eyes of its blue collar inhabitants, yet it somehow bigger than those three days.

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8little_paws
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#photoadaynov16 @RealLifeReading When I think small town I think Richard Russo! I haven't read this one yet, but sometime in 2017!

Gulfsidemusing Finally read it this year and loved it❣️ 8y
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Lauraelise42
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When asked what's wrong.... "Everything. Nothing. Both true; neither accurate."

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Lauraelise42
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"Idiocy, after the fact, resisted precision"

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Amy_H
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The book maintains the tone of the original, but it isn't reductive and doesn't provide easy answers. Yet it manages to move the plot, characters's emotional development forward in a very satisfying way. I high recommend it!

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Amy_H
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Just started this and got sucked in. Love the occasional pithy pessimism and complicated struggle of these post- industrial up-state New Yorkers.

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BzerkMcD
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Sully's my homie. Russo, you sly devil, you made me laugh often and, at times, allowed and inappropriately. I thank you for that.

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Gulfsidemusing
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Finished! Nowhere near as good as Nobody's Fool (which I listened to last month), but still an enjoyable read. Switched from audio to kindle half way through.... love reading outside after sunset! I'll have more to say in an upcoming blog post.

LauraBeth What a beautiful place to read 😀 8y
Thekelburrows Richard Russo is the bomb-diggity (as the kids say) 8y
Gulfsidemusing @LauraBeth it's my happy place!😊 8y
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Gulfsidemusing @Thekelburrows the kids are right!! 8y
CherylDeFranceschi Le sigh. Amazing! 8y
BibliophileBytheSea I was really disappointed in this after Nobody's Fool. Much of it just felt silly to me. 8y
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Lauren.Archer
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Such a wonderful continuation from Nobody's Fool. Richard Russo really knows how to take such a rag bag of characters and turn this into a story where you care for most of them. Would love to see one more book.

Owlizabeth I read Nobody's Fool roughly a million years ago. Should I reread before picking this one up? 8y
BookMusings @Owlizabeth I haven't read Nobody's fool and I loved Everybody's Fool so I would say you don't really need to... 8y
Lauren.Archer @Owlizabeth I don't think you need to. There might be a few elements from the first book that carry over, but the first 100 pages do a decent job filling in the gaps. 8y
Titania Reading Nobody's Fool in anticipation of reading Everybody's Fool now, and I'm loving it. Russo's sense of character and place is fantastic. 8y
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BibliophileBytheSea
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23 years after Nobody's Fool introduced readers to the cantankerous, Donald (Sully) Sullivan and other memorable residents of small town, No Bath, NY, comes this much anticipated sequel. I wasn't thrilled with this installment. It picks up 10 years after Nobody's Fool. Unnecessarily long, frequent changes of POV and the slapstick-like antics of townspeople got to be a bit much. This story and dialogues felt better suited as a movie script. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

BethFishReads 🙁 I liked it more than you did, but I agree that Nobody's Fool was better 8y
AvidReader25 @BethFishReads Same, liked it a bit more, but Nobody's Fool was better! 8y
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Lauren.Archer
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I ❤️ Sully. This is how my next few days will be spent.

Belles So do I! He's so real. 8y
Gulfsidemusing I'm reading this now, too! 8y
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BibliophileBytheSea
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"We don't forgive people because they deserve it, she said. We forgive them because we deserve it."

McFarchie Haha 8y
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Ericmanciniwriter
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I love when books end with a word on the font, and I really liked the one they chose too. When I was finishing up my own book that should be out in few months (he said sheepishly) picking the right font was so so hard. It was enough to make a guy throw up his hands and yell 'Fine...ARIAL!!!'

KerryO I just finished the book last night and very much enjoyed reading about the type. Thought it was so fascinating. 8y
Ericmanciniwriter @KerryO thanks for sharing - we should start a font-enthusiasts club 8y
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Ericmanciniwriter
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I'm finally done! This book was packed full of heart and humor, and I heartily recommend it. No one does small town life the way Russo does. Was it better than Nobody's Fool? Probably not, but that would be a high bar to clear. I give it 4 excited monkeys 🙉🙉🙉🙉

RealLifeReading Great rating system! 8y
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Richard Russo fans rejoice! Over twenty years since Nobody's Fool, fans get the chance to visit Sully and his world once more.

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Ericmanciniwriter
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So one day after discovering the Atheneaum I stumble into maybe the coziest coffee shop slash working print-making studio on earth. Everything is coming up EA!

RealLifeReading Wow that place looks great! 8y
Ericmanciniwriter @RealLifeReading they have espresso shots poured over maple vanilla ice cream. I'm in love 8y
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whelanmaria
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Richard Russo follows up with his hilarious, aging characters from NOBODY'S FOOL and honestly, I liked this new book even more. It's like visiting a small town and learning everyone's secrets: such delicious fun. I would read NOBODY'S FOOL first, simply to spend more time with the residents of Bath.

BookMusings I liked this one too. And I haven't even read Nobody's Fool. 8y
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Ericmanciniwriter
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sooo...I stumbled onto this Athenaeum in St Johnsbury VT. All I can say is ARE YOU KIDDING ME??

Zelma I could spend a few hours or days there! 8y
Books_Wine_Repeat 😍💕💕💕 8y
Ericmanciniwriter @Zelma @Books_Wine_Repeat I'm going to try to hide in here at closing and have a Night at the Museum type scenario 8y
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KVanRead Love it. While hiding out you can read 8y
Ericmanciniwriter @KVanRead that looks great! Reminds me of a part of Royal Tenenbaums 8y
quirkyreader It is a free Anth or do you have to subscribe to it? 8y
Ericmanciniwriter @quirkyreader it's free - I just walked in off the street. There's a museum in the back that is suggested donation 8y
Zelma @KVanRead great rec! Mixed-Up Files is a blast from the past. 8y
Bird That is amazing! Library + spiral staircase= 🤓 8y
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Ericmanciniwriter
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Taking a break from reading words to write down a few of my own. Being stranded on this campus while my wife attends classes is amazing

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bookshopsc
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This book is full of assured writing, hilarious (and true) observation, and characters that could not be more full of real life. Heartfelt comic genius at its best, a stand-alone sequel to Nobody‘s Fool and a damn fine book—you deserve to enjoy this masterpiece of modern storytelling. -Melinda

BookMusings Yep! Loved it! 8y
AmyG Agreed. 8y
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Ericmanciniwriter
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Tossing my #TBR in a bag for my wife's AP conference in Vermont. Five days to write, bike, try to find Heady Topper and of course read😃😃😃!!

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Ericmanciniwriter
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Day 1 of the kids being with my in-laws equals books, coffee, and silence.

Chessa Enjoy!! ☕️📚 8y
Gulfsidemusing Perfect!☕️ 8y
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Ericmanciniwriter
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Love it

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whelanmaria
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But their honeymoon was only for a week. Why did she need so *many* books?

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Ericmanciniwriter
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10 pages in and it seems like Russo hasn't lost a step. I'm in sponge mode, soaking up books about small towns for my next writing project. Anyone have any small-town book recommendations?

KVanRead Colm Toìbin writes beautifully about the small Irish town of Enniscorthy in many of his novels and stories. 8y
KVanRead Kent Haruf's Holt, Colorado in the Plainsong Trilogy. 8y
Ericmanciniwriter @KVanRead thanks - adding them to the stack now 8y
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Caryl Yes, @KVanRead ! Definitely Kent Haruf. 8y
OneLitChick Kent Haruf all the way! Plainsong and Our Souls at Night are masterpieces. 8y
KVanRead @Carly @OneLitChick ❤️ Haruf, so sad he's gone :( 8y
KVanRead I think Our Souls at Night might be my favorite and it's also nice and short if you are trying to get through a bunch. 8y
KVanRead Also, a really quirky, funny one is Miriam Toews 8y
Ericmanciniwriter @KVanRead @OneLitChick @caryl you guys are killing it! Adding these to my now much too tall stack 8y
KVanRead Oh! I know I should stop now but just thought of one more: Richard Ford 8y
Caryl I thought Our Souls at Night was beautiful. Masterpiece is right, @OneLitChick ! @KVanRead - Have you read about his writing process for this last novel? 😢 I'll post a link to an interview w/his wife -- beware spoilers, @Eamann ! 8y
OneLitChick @Caryl Thank you for posting that! I knew some of it, most, but not all. Beautiful story! I had the pleasure of meeting him years ago and he's as lovely and salt of the earth as you would expect him to be. 😊 8y
KVanRead @Caryl wow, that was so wonderful thanks! I knew about his 'blind' writing but not the rest... So lovely. 8y
Ericmanciniwriter @Caryl it's so hard not to tap the spoilers banner! It's like a big red button that says 'don't press me' 8y
KVanRead @OneLitChick that's so amazing you got to meet him and great to hear he was just as I'd imagined. 8y
SarahKay For small town books I really loved Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff. Great small town atmosphere with a touch of magical realism. I grew up in a small town so I can vouch for its authenticity. 8y
Ericmanciniwriter @SarahKay it's on the stack! 8y
Caryl @OneLitChick - lucky you to get to meet him! @Eamann - the spoiler post is just a link to the interview, so it doesn't hurt to press it. 😉 Just save the interview for after you read the book. 8y
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Troublenjoyed
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Tells the heroic deeds of flawed and broken people.

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BookMusings
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I'm gonna have to agree with the Houston Chronicle on this one folks. I'm having a nice little run of awesome books!

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BookMusings
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"This lady down in Florida drove to the market for milk. Gone, like ten minutes. Came home to a very fat snake in the baby's crib." Two cops talking about the cobra on the loose. ?

Beth.Pedota Wow! 8y
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BookMusings
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My first Richard Russo! I'm just over 100 pages in and loving it! I've never read the first book in the series obviously (this one is #2), but it hasn't been a problem.

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled I haven't yet tried Russo either - sounds good! 8y
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AvidReader25
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"We don‘t forgive people because they deserve it,” she said. “We forgive them because we deserve it."

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XTRMNTR75
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Sully is back! Getting a lot of chuckles so far from this one.

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jennwangster
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Love this!!!!! ❤️

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Kirsten.White
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Loving every minute!