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Mohawk by Richard Russo (1994, Trade Paperback)
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Mohawk by Richard Russo. His ex-wife, Anne, is stuck in a losing battle with her mother over the care of her sick father. In Mohawk, Russo explores these lives with profound compassion and flint-hard wit.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100679753826
ISBN-139780679753827
eBay Product ID (ePID)153957
Product Key Features
Book TitleMohawk
Number of Pages432 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicFamily Life, Small Town & Rural, General, Literary
Publication Year1994
GenreFiction
AuthorRichard Russo
Book SeriesVintage Contemporaries Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight12.6 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN96-040133
Reviews"Moving dramatizes an older, innocent way of life...brisk, colorful, and often witty." --The New York Times Book Review, "Moving dramatizes an older, innocent way of life...brisk, colorful, and often witty." -- The New York Times Book Review, "Moving dramatizes an older, innocent way of life...brisk, colorful, and often witty." -- The New York Times Book Review Mohawk, New York, is one of those small towns that lie almost entirely on the wrong side of the tracks. Its citizens, too, have fallen on hard times. Dallas Younger, a star athlete in high school, now drifts from tavern to poker game, losing money, and, inevitably, another set of false teeth. His ex-wife, Anne, is stuck in a losing battle with her mother over the care of her sick father. And their son, Randall, is deliberately neglecting his school work -- because in a place like Mohawk it doesn't pay to be too smart. In Mohawk Richard Russo explores these lives with profound compassion and flint-hard wit. Out of derailed ambitions and old loves, secret hatreds and communal myths, he has created a richly plotted, densely populated, and wonderfully written novel that captures every nuance of America's backyard.
Dewey Edition19
Dewey DecimalFIC
SynopsisMohawk, New York, is one of those small towns that lie almost entirely on the wrong side of the tracks. Its citizens, too, have fallen on hard times. Dallas Younger, a star athlete in high school, now drifts from tavern to poker game, losing money, and, inevitably, another set of false teeth. His ex-wife, Anne, is stuck in a losing battle with her mother over the care of her sick father. And their son, Randall, is deliberately neglecting his school work--because in a place like Mohawk it doesn't pay to be too smart. In Mohawk , Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Richard Russo, explores these lives with profound compassion and flint-hard wit. Out of derailed ambitions and old loves, secret hatreds and communal myths, he has created a richly plotted, densely populated, and wonderfully written novel that captures every nuance of America's backyard., From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls comes a wonderfully written novel about a small town in New York whose citizens have fallen on hard times. "Immensely readable and sympathetic.... Mr. Russo has an instinctive gift for capturing the rhythms of small-town life." -- The New York Times Mohawk, New York, is one of those small towns that lie almost entirely on the wrong side of the tracks. Dallas Younger, a star athlete in high school, now drifts from tavern to poker game, losing money, and, inevitably, another set of false teeth. His ex-wife, Anne, is stuck in a losing battle with her mother over the care of her sick father. And their son, Randall, is deliberately neglecting his school work--because in a place like Mohawk it doesn't pay to be too smart. In Mohawk, Russo explores these lives with profound compassion and flint-hard wit. Out of derailed ambitions and old loves, secret hatreds and communal myths, he has created a richly plotted, densely populated, and wonderfully written novel that captures every nuance of America's backyard. Look for Richard Russo's new book, Somebody's Fool , coming soon.
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good but not great
Slow moving plotVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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Perfect
Great writerVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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