He satisfies every expectation without lapsing into predictability, and the last section of the book explodes with surprises. He is, in all the best senses of the word, a natural * Sunday Times * Richard Russo can write like Edith Wharton leavened with a touch of David Lodge * Economist * Russo's command of his story is unerring. Empire Falls by Richard Russo 118,925 ratings, 3.93 average rating, 4,943 reviews Open Preview Empire Falls Quotes Showing 1-30 of 90 And there comes a time in your life when you realize that if you don't take the opportunity to be happy, you may never get another chance again. Russo makes an enormous job of story-telling look effortless. To make matters worse, Miles is getting divorced. The city was bought up by local factory moguls, the Whiting family. Empire Falls seems to be sliding into obscurity, and many businesses are beginning to fail. In the Empire Grill he has created a place so involving that not only can you see and smell it, but you start to feel a bit left out of the gin rummy. In Empire Falls, Maine, Miles Roby struggles as manager of the Empire Grill.
I loved Richard Russo's Pulitzer-winning Empire Falls, a moving, brilliantly imagined and intensely satisfying novel about the slow death of a small town: Russo's characters are as loveable and as exasperating as family - Nick Hornby His natural grace as a storyteller is matched by his compassion for his characters - John Irving Like Anne Tyler, Russo is interested in how people rub along in kindness and responsibility in cutting slack without being asked.
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