Background
Russo, Richard was born on July 15, 1949 in Johnstown, New York, United States. Son of James W. and Jean Findlay (LeVarn) Russo.
(A wonderfully funn and perceptive novel in the traditions...)
A wonderfully funn and perceptive novel in the traditions of Thornton Wilder and Anne Tyler, The Risk Pool is 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. 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.
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Tras vivir sesenta años en el mismo lugar, atendiendo el mismo negocio familiar, Louis decide viajar por primera vez para visitar a Bobby en Venecia, donde éste se ha convertido en un pintor famoso. Quiere preguntarle por qué huyó de Thomaston siendo un adolescente y nunca más quiso volver. Pero mientras prepara la partida, los recuerdos irrumpen para demostrarle que nada es tan simple como pensaba y que todos en el pueblo, incluido él mismo, esconden secretos de los que nunca se habló.
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Russo, Richard was born on July 15, 1949 in Johnstown, New York, United States. Son of James W. and Jean Findlay (LeVarn) Russo.
Bachelor in English, University Arizona. Doctor of Philosophy in American Literature, University Arizona, 1980. Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, University Arizona, 1981.
He was teaching in the English department at Southern Illinois University Carbondale when his first novel, Mohawk, was published in 1986. Much of his work has been semi-autobiographical, drawing on his life from his upbringing in upstate New York to his time teaching literature at Colby College (subsequently retired). He now lives and writes in Camden, Maine.
He has written six other novels and a short story collection.
Russo co-wrote the 1998 film Twilight with director Robert Benton, who also adapted and directed Russo"s Nobody"s Fool into a 1994 film of the same title, starring Paul Newman. Russo wrote the teleplay for the Home Box Office adaptation of Empire Falls, the screenplay for the 2005 film Ice Harvest, and the screenplay for the 2005 Niall Johnson film Keeping Mum, which starred Rowan Atkinson.
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Married Barbara Marie Russo. Children: Emily, Kate.