Empire Falls | Interview with failbetter.com
In the following interview, Russo shares how societal observations, his daughters’ influence, and how being a parent has affected his work.
With his most recent novel, Empire Falls, Richard Russo returns to what should be familiar ground—hometown Americana—a place that won him such critical acclaim with his earlier novels of Mohawk and Nobody’s Fool. But much has changed in America, and more specifically, in American small towns, within this past decade of economic development and over-reaching one time city-associated social troubles. Still as hilarious as ever, Russo’s latest work, like the man himself, is easily accessible. He is a modern day master storyteller. Indeed, not only does such...
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