Somebody’s Fool

Richard Russo

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author returns to the characters of his beloved bestsellers Nobody’s Fool and Everybody’s Fool.

Ten years after the death of the magnetic Donald ‘Sully’ Sullivan, the town of North Bath is going through a major transition. Peter, Sully’s son, is grappling with his father’s legacy as well as his own shortcomings as a parent.

When a decomposing body turns up in an abandoned hotel, police department stalwarts Charice Bond and Doug Raymer are forced to address their complicated feelings for one another, while the town’s residents speculate on the identity of the corpse.

Infused with all the wry humour and shrewd observations that Russo is known for, Somebody’s Fool is another classic from a modern master.

‘The roguish, ragtag residents of North Bath, New York, still prove a diverting lot, even if you’ve not previously made their acquaintance.’

Daily Mail

‘The Fool books represent an enormous achievement, creating a world as richly detailed as the one we step into each day of our lives.’ New York Times Book Review

Richard Russo is the author of ten novels, most recently Chances Are; two collections of stories; and the memoir On Helwig Street. In 2002 he received the Pulitzer Prize for Empire Falls, which, like Nobody’s Fool, was adapted to film, in a multiple-award-winning HBO miniseries. He lives in Portland, Maine.