The Risk Pool

Russo, Richard

ISBN 10: 0394565274 / ISBN 13: 9780394565279

Published by Random House Inc, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A., 1988

About this Item

First Edition, 1st printing. The critically revered, immensely talented author's first hardbound book. Former owner's red-inked name on the front endpaper. A bright, clean, tight copy sans flecks, tears, stains, and discoloration with all text clean/unmarked. "Richard Russo, author of the acclaimed 'Mohawk', returns to his mythical upstate New York town for this grand, old-fashioned novel about a roguish father and his introspective son. Sparkling with wit and heartbreaking in its intimate portrayal of a family torn asunder, 'The Risk Pool' is a journey through the true facts of life-honor, ambition, conflict, deceit and ultimately redemption." 479 pages. LF.

Seller Inventory # 004120

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Risk Pool
• Publisher: Random House Inc, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394565274
• ISBN 13: 9780394565279
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

Ned, the introspective son of the freewheeling World War II veteran Sam Hall struggles for acceptance from his father while trying to avoid adopting the same hedonistic lifestyle

About the Author

Richard Russo grew up in Gloversville, New York, the small, mostly working-class town that has served as the prototype for his fictional Mohawk and North Bath. His parents were separated, and he recalls his father as a man who "lived a life of studied bad habits. I became of interest to him when I got old enough to follow him into the OTB and then into the bar and then into the pool hall, when I could be taken to the places he went and not interrupt the rhythm of his life."<br><br>With his father, Russo worked construction jobs during his vacations from the University of Arizona, where he received his B.A. He later went on to get a master's degree and had almost earned his Ph.D. in American literature when it occurred to him that he would rather write his own novels than analyze other people's. He is the author