- Fiction, City and town life in fiction, City and town life, Black humor (Literature)
In 1750, without warning or apparent reason, the mineral springs of the colonial resort town of Bath, New York, ran dry. A little more than two hundred years later, after numerous warnings and for too many reasons, Sully, the unluckiest man in this unlucky town, isn't doing too hot either.
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Classical in form, contemporary, character-led and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
- effortlessdemanding
- rawmeticulous
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- Author
- Richard Russo
- First published
- July 1995
- Pages
- 555
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House, Anagrama, Atlantic Books, Limited
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- French, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9781760295189
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Richard Russo (born July 15, 1949) is an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and teacher. In 2002, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for his novel *Empire Falls.* Several of his works have been adapted into television series and movies. He is known for his realistic depictions of rural, small-town life in the Northeastern United States, particularly in Maine, Pennsylvania, and Russo's native Upstate New York.
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