Nobody's Fool

By Richard Russo

Nobody's Fool - Richard Russo
  • Release Date: 1994-04-12
  • Genre: Fiction & Literature
Score: 4
4
From 232 Ratings

Description

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Empire Falls, this slyly funny, moving novel about a blue-collar town in upstate New York—and about Sully, one of its unluckiest citizens, who has been doing the wrong thing triumphantly for fifty years—is a classic American story.

"Remarkable.... A revelation of the human heart." —The Washington Post

Divorced from his own wife and carrying on halfheartedly with another man's, saddled with a bum knee and friends who make enemies redundant, Sully now has one new problem to cope with: a long-estranged son who is in imminent danger of following in his father's footsteps. With its uproarious humor and a heart that embraces humanity's follies as well as its triumphs, Nobody's Fool, from Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Richard Russo, is storytelling at its most generous. Nobody’s Fool was made into a movie starring Paul Newman, Bruce Willis, Jessica Tandy, and Melody Griffith.

Look for Everybody’s Fool, available now, and Somebody’s Fool, coming soon.

Reviews

  • Nobody’s Fool

    3
    By Queenie49866
    I loved the book except the racist slurs. I only took one star away regarding this as the book was written decades ago. It was a disappointing and disturbing as I have seen the movie and there is no racism.
  • Nobody's fool

    4
    By LCAronsohn
    If you want to read this book, do yourself a favor and buy it in paperback. This eBook version is full of typos and bad formatting that it leads to annoyance and confusion
  • This is my favorite novel.

    5
    By WAV3
    I can't say enough about this book. Russo has created this magnificent menagerie of colorful characters. Whether or not any place like North Bath could possibly ever exist I often ponder. It is sentimental and warm, but is a fine study of human frailty and mortality. I can't recommend this book highly enough.