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1	Straight Man more books like this by Richard Russo add to wishlist At age fifty, Professor William Henry Devereaux, Jr, has more than a mid-life crisis to deal with. As a child, his parents found him merely exasperating. As an adult, and interim chair of the English Department, he is careening out of control. Half in love with three women, unable to understand his daughter or come to terms with his father, Hank ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.73! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Empire Falls more books like this by Richard Russo add to wishlist In Richard Russo's lengthy fifth novel--this one set in a small Maine town--the Empire Grill provides the focus for the town's inhabitants, who include Miles Roby, who manages the place; Francine Whiting, the wealthy woman who owns it; Jimmy the cop; and Miles's large, eccentric, and often comic extended family. Many plots intertwine as the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Bridge of Sighs more books like this by Richard Russo add to wishlist A magnificent, big-hearted new novel and an astounding achievement ("The Boston Globe," this national bestseller is from the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Empire Falls." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.63! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Whore's Child and Other Stories more books like this by Richard Russo (Read by) add to wishlist From Richard Russo, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for his novel EMPIRE FALLS, a collection of stories about ordinary people--Russo's typical heartwarming oddballs--in situations that reveal them for who they really are. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.97! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	That Old Cape Magic more books like this by Richard Russo add to wishlist In this follow-up to "Bridge of Sighs," Russo delivers a novel of deep introspection and every family feeling imaginable, with a middle-aged man confronting his parents and their failed marriage, his own troubled one, his daughter's new life and, finally, what it is he thought he wanted and what in fact he has. see all copies from $8.00! new only from $11.89! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Nobody's fool more books like this by Richard Russo add to wishlist In North Bath, a down-at-the-heels town in upstate New York which is not unlike the Mohawk of Russo's two previous novels, Sully must come to terms with his estranged son and his own past. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Mohawk more books like this by Richard Russo add to wishlist Dallas Younger, a star athlete in high school, has fallen on hard times. His ex-wife Annie is locked in battle over her sick father's care. And Randall, their son, is learning that in a town like Mohawk it doesn't pay to be too smart. Richard Russo's first novel is a classic portrait of American small town life in the second half of the 20th ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.16! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Risk Pool more books like this by Richard Russo add to wishlist This second novel from the author of "Mohawk" offers a rich, Dickensian plot concerning the introspective Ned and his attempt to win the favour of his father, whose total disregard for all rules of decorum, safety and common sense have landed him at the bottom of the car insurance risk pool. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.24! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Yellow Silk: Erotic Arts and Letters more books like this by Lily Pond, Richard Russo add to wishlist This volume collects a number of erotic writings and illustrations drawn from the pages of the Yellow Silk Journal of Erotic Arts. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| first editions
10	Ship of Fools more books like this by Richard Paul Russo add to wishlist After generations of aimlessly drifting about the universe, the Argonos alights on a planet that bears evidence of both a horrible massacre of epic proportions and a highly advanced alien civilization. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Story Behind the Story: 26 Stories by Contemporary Writers and How They Work more books like this by Peter Turchi (Editor), Andrea Barrett (Editor), Richard Russo (Foreword by) add to wishlist The contributors to this anthology of short fiction have all submitted an original story, accompanied by an essay describing the challenges of the story and how they were met. We learn about the genesis of a story, what was relinquished and why a story might "insist" on changing. see all copies from $6.05! new only from $11.97! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Carlucci 3-In1: 7 more books like this by Richard Paul Russo add to wishlist Collected together for the first time in one volume--this is Russo's critically-acclaimed science fiction trilogy, featuring police Lt. Frank Carlucci investigating high-tech crime and corruption in a near-future San Francisco. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.98! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	A Healing Touch: True Stories of Life, Death, and Hospice more books like this by Richard Russo (Editor) add to wishlist Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Richard Russo and five other Maine authors here prove that the close of life need not be filled with darkness, when hospice help is at hand. These writers recount intensely personal and profoundly moving end-of-life accounts that cover a wide spectrum of human experience. All six authors are donating their royalties ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $11.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Whore's Child: Stories more books like this by Richard Russo add to wishlist From Richard Russo, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for his novel EMPIRE FALLS, a collection of stories about ordinary people--Russo's typical heartwarming oddballs--in situations that reveal them for who they really are. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.52! \| first editions \| SVS
15	Subterranean Gall: Stories to Shred by Richard Paul Russo add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Unto Leviathan by Richard Paul Russo add to wishlist On a ship without a mission ...No one remembers where they came from or where they're going. For hundreds of years, the starship Argonos, home to generations of humans, has wandered throughout the galaxy, searching for other signs of life. Now, a steady, unidentified transmission lures them toward a nearby planet. On a planet without inhabitants . ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $11.99! \| first editions
17 view cover	Carlucci's Edge more books like this by Richard Paul Russo add to wishlist When rock musician Paula Asgard returns home to find her boyfriend dead and the authorities unwilling to pursue the murder, she turns to honest cop Frank Carlucci. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Book of Eros: Arts and Letters from Yellow Silk more books like this by Lily Pond (Editor), Richard Russo (Editor) add to wishlist The sequel to the ever-popular "Yellow Silk: Erotic Arts and Letters." This volume presents short stories, poems, and artwork taken from the pages of the award-winning erotica magazine, "Yellow Silk." It features 17 short stories including works by Angela Carter, Bharati Mukherjee, and poems by Galway Kinnel, Sharon Olds, Marge Piercy, Jane ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Terminal Visions more books like this by Richard Paul Russo add to wishlist Richard Paul Russo is known for his dark and sinister views of the future and the human spirit. In his first collection of short fiction, Russo presents a wide variety of tales -- 'More Than Night' and 'In the Season of the Rains', tales of gritty alien encounters, and the ultimate road story, 'Just Drive, She Said.' In other stories, the ... see all copies from $2.14! new only from $6.38! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Bottom of the Ninth: Great Contemporary Baseball Short Stories more books like this by John McNally (Introduction by), Richard Russo (Foreword by) add to wishlist This volume collects 19 contemporary baseball short stories characterized by the same elements that draw people to the sport itself: the mythologizing of the players; the obsessions and romance of the game; and the bonds between players and fans, parents and children. see all copies from $11.12! new only from $11.12! \| SVS
21 view cover	Ship of Fools: 6 more books like this by Richard Paul Russo add to wishlist After generations of aimlessly drifting about the universe, the Argonos alights on a planet that bears evidence of both a horrible massacre of epic proportions and a highly advanced alien civilization. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| SVS
22	Destroying Angel more books like this by R P Russo add to wishlist An electrifying new cybershock thriller from a Philip K. Dick Award-winning author. In the violent, deteriorating San Francisco of the future, two bodies--chained together in a death embrace--are pulled from the bay. Only ex-cop Tanner recognizes the mark of the Chain Killer, and now he must prepare to penetrate the lair of a madman--in the city's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.55! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Dreams Are Wiser Than Men more books like this by Richard Russo (Editor) add to wishlist A collection of poetry by various authors, including Robert Bly, Ursula Le Guin, May Swensen, and Philip Booth. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
24 view cover	The Rosetta Codex more books like this by Richard Paul Russo add to wishlist After he crash-lands on an untamed planet, young Cale Alexandros is a slave for most of his life. But when he's freed, Cale discovers a secret that some people want to learn--and a revelation that some will do anything to control. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Carlucci's Heart more books like this by Richard Paul Russo add to wishlist Ex-cop Frank Carlucci investigates the mysterious disappearance of his daughter's friend in the burnt-out streets of 21st-century San Francisco. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions

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