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Informationen zum Autor Richard Russo won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for his fifth novel, Empire Falls . He is also the author of Mohawk , The Risk Pool , Nobody's Fool , Straight Man , Bridge of Sighs and That Old Cape Magic , as well as a collection of stories, The Whore's Child; and a memoir , On Helwig Street . His original screenplay is the basis for Rowan Atkinson's film Keeping Mum . He lives with his wife in Maine. Klappentext Novel set in small town Maine, with a colourful array of characters, which makes a sinuous exploration of the foibles of human nature, with a great deal of humour and insight. Zusammenfassung Empire Falls, Maine: once a thriving hub of industry, this small town nestles in a bend of the vast and winding Knox River, and has always been the empire of the wealthy Whiting family. Now the last Mrs Whiting presides like a black widow spider over its declining fortunes. She harbours a grudge against her employee Miles Groby, who runs the Whiting-owned Empire Grill, but hopes one day to own it himself. Miles, gentle and hopeless, has other problems: his wife has run off with his worst customer, he frets about his adored teenage daughter, and his drunken father sponges off everyone. As the novel builds to a shocking climax, Russo constantly surprises with characters who will disarm you, a plot with as many twists and falls as the Knox River itself, and an ending that will make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck.
