Category: Adults, Contemporary, Literature, Novel
Language: EnglishKeywords: Blue-Collar Family Life Small Town
Written by Richard Russo
Read by Ron McLarty
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 32 Kbps
Unabridged
From the Pulitzer Prizeâwinning author of Empire Falls, this slyly funny, moving novel about a blue-collar town in upstate New Yorkâand about Sully, one of its unluckiest citizens, who has been doing the wrong thing triumphantly for fifty yearsâis a classic American story.
“Remarkable…. A revelation of the human heart.” âThe Washington Post
Divorced from his own wife and carrying on halfheartedly with another man’s, saddled with a bum knee and friends who make enemies redundant, Sully now has one new problem to cope with: a long-estranged son who is in imminent danger of following in his father’s footsteps. With its uproarious humor and a heart that embraces humanity’s follies as well as its triumphs, Nobody’s Fool, from Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Richard Russo, is storytelling at its most generous. Nobodyâs Fool was made into a movie starring Paul Newman, Bruce Willis, Jessica Tandy, and Melody Griffith.
Look for Everybodyâs Fool, available now, and Somebodyâs Fool, coming soon.
©1993 Richard Russo (P)2003 Random House, Inc.
24h52m44s, MP3, 32kbps, 22.05kHz, 1ch
From the Pulitzer Prizeâwinning author of Empire Falls, this slyly funny, moving novel about a blue-collar town in upstate New Yorkâand about Sully, one of its unluckiest citizens, who has been doing the wrong thing triumphantly for fifty yearsâis a classic American story.
“Remarkable…. A revelation of the human heart.” âThe Washington Post
Divorced from his own wife and carrying on halfheartedly with another man’s, saddled with a bum knee and friends who make enemies redundant, Sully now has one new problem to cope with: a long-estranged son who is in imminent danger of following in his father’s footsteps. With its uproarious humor and a heart that embraces humanity’s follies as well as its triumphs, Nobody’s Fool, from Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Richard Russo, is storytelling at its most generous. Nobodyâs Fool was made into a movie starring Paul Newman, Bruce Willis, Jessica Tandy, and Melody Griffith.
Look for Everybodyâs Fool, available now, and Somebodyâs Fool, coming soon.
©1993 Richard Russo (P)2003 Random House, Inc.
24h52m44s, MP3, 32kbps, 22.05kHz, 1ch