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A review by simonlitton
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
3.0
Moderately interesting chronicle of small town life and a guy who allowed himself to be trapped into staying when he should have got out.
Female characters don't fare well, being either nubile objects of desire or harridans whom their husbands fantasise about murdering. And I thought the melodramatic climax didn't sit well with the gentle pace of the rest of the story.
It's good on a certain kind of American ennui, and class divisions, but nothing here feels especially new or fresh.
Female characters don't fare well, being either nubile objects of desire or harridans whom their husbands fantasise about murdering. And I thought the melodramatic climax didn't sit well with the gentle pace of the rest of the story.
It's good on a certain kind of American ennui, and class divisions, but nothing here feels especially new or fresh.