
Richard Russo's new novel takes place in the decaying American town of North Bath over the course of a very busy weekend ten years after the events of Nobody's Fool Donald ' Sully' Sullivan is trying to ignore his cardiologist's estimate that he has only a year or two left Ruth his long-time lover is increasingly distracted by her former son-in-law fresh out of prison & intent on making trouble Police chief Doug Raymer is tormented by the improbable death of his wife while local wiseguy Carl Roebuck might finally be running out of luck Filled with humour heart & hard-luck characters you can't help but love Everybody's Fool is a crowning achievement from one of the great storytellers of our time