Richard Russo

Interior monologues in upstate New York

Richard Russo’s trilogy of books set in North Bath, upstate New York, follows the familiar themes of many of his novels: absent fathers, resentful sons, and resulting trauma that continues from generation to generation. His Empire Falls was set in...

Forty Years Later

~ Chances Are…, by Richard Russo ~ In the first chapter of Chances Are…, the reader is introduced to classic Russo. When the [SAT] results came back, his mother met his father at the door. “Have a look at this”,...