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      The Risk Pool

      by Richard Russo
      Published
      Sep 1988
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls comes a wonderfully funny novel set in Mohawk, New York, where Ned Hall is doing his best to grow up, even though neither of his estranged parents can properly be called adult.

      "Superbly original and maliciously funny." —The New York Times Book Review

      His father, Sam, cultivates bad habits so assiduously that he is stuck at the bottom of his auto insurance risk pool. His mother, Jenny, is slowly going crazy from resentment at a husband who refuses either to stay or to stay away. As Ned veers between allegiances to these grossly inadequate role models, Richard Russo gives us a book that overflows with outsized characters and outlandish predicaments and whose vision of family is at once irreverent and unexpectedly moving.

      Look for Richard Russo's new book, Somebody's Fool, coming soon.

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      Nov 1989 Vintage ISBN 067972334X
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      Apr 1994 Vintage ISBN 0679753834
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      Jun 1998 Vintage (UK) ISBN 0099276496
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      First Edition Sep 1988 Random House ISBN 0394565274
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      Dec 1989 Random House Audio ISBN 0394579704
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      Oct 2008 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd ISBN B005GL955E
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