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The Risk Pool
de Russo, Richard
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, Incorporated, 1988. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Tan boards quarterbound in blue cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt; the front board in blue. Quarto. 479pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. No apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has light crinkling at the extremities; the original price (19.95) is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. Russo's second novel, following 'Mohawk.' A flyer from the signing event has been laid in. ".The focus is on Sam Hall, a hell-raising, gambling sport who returns from the battlefields of World War II only to abandon his nervous wife, Jenny, and newborn baby, Ned. But a few years later, when the irresponsible Sam pops up and shanghais the boy -- managing to give him the world's worst case of poison ivy in the process -- the real war between the Halls begins." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request.. SIGNED by the Author. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover.
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Richard Russo grew up in Gloversville, New York, the small, mostly working-class town that has served as the prototype for his fictional Mohawk and North Bath. His parents were separated, and he recalls his father as a man who "lived a life of studied bad habits. I became of interest to him when I got old enough to follow him into the OTB and then into the bar and then into the pool hall, when I could be taken to the places he went and not interrupt the rhythm of his life." With his father, Russo worked construction jobs during his vacations from the University of Arizona, where he received his B.A. He later went on to get a master's degree and had almost earned his Ph.D. in American literature when it occurred to him that he would rather write his own novels than analyze other people's. He is the author of three books, Mohawk , The Risk Pool , and Nobody's Fool , which has recently been made into a feature film starring Paul Newman and Bruce Willis. Richard Russo teaches writing at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. He lives there with his wife, Barbara, and their two daughters.
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- Título
- The Risk Pool
- Autor
- Russo, Richard
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Edición
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0394565274
- ISBN 13
- 9780394565279
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- Random House, Incorporated
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Fecha de publicación
- 1988
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- RICHARD RUSSO THE RISK POOL SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS AMERICAN FICTION LITERATURE LITERARY SAM HALL UPSTATE NEW YORK MOHAWK COLLECTIBLE BOOKS NOVELS
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