Richard Russo, author portrait
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Richard Russo

RICHARD RUSSO is the author of nine novels, most recently Somebody's FoolChances Are . . . , Everybody’s Fool, and That Old Cape Magic; two collections of stories; and the memoir Elsewhere. In 2002 he received the Pulitzer Prize for Empire Falls, which, like Nobody’s Fool, won multiple awards for its screen adaptation, and in 2023 his novel Straight Man was adapted into the television series Lucky Hank. In 2017 he received France’s Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine. He lives in Port­land, ME.
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Tue May 13 | 07:00 PM
PRINT A BOOKSTORE
273 CONGRESS ST
PORTLAND, ME 04101-3647
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Thu May 15 | 06:30 PM
LEFT BANK BOOKS
109 CHURCH ST
BELFAST, ME 04915-6419
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THE MUSIC HALL
131 Congress Street
PORTSMOUTH, NH 03801-6606
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Mon Jun 02 | 07:00 PM
WESTPORT LIBRARY
20 JESUP RD
WESTPORT, CT 06880-4309
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15 Undermountain Road
Salisbury, CT 06068
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1 Church St
SOUTH HADLEY, MA 01075
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