The Risk Pool

The Risk PoolBy: Richard Russo Series: Vintage Contemporaries From the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Empire Falls comes a wonderfully funny novel 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. "Superbly original and maliciously funny." The New York Times Book Review His father, Sam, cultivates bad habits so assiduously that he is stuck at the bottom of his auto

in the dead of night and without a trace

Finally free from the scrutiny of her royal life

a man Miranda once trusted with her heart

“Masterly … An astonishing achievement

notions of home and exile

featuring grown-up flavors (figs

Aesi’s power is considerable—and deadly

Grandpa loves Sundays-- that's when his three grandchildren come to visit

and epochs to reveal the underpinnings of modern life on Earth—traveling from the sweltering depths of the deepest mine in Europe to spotless silicon chip factories in Taiwan to the eerie green pools where lithium originates

Thirty-five years after their first groundbreaking collaboration

clear definitions and helpful suggestions for alternative words

Formerly an operative of a top secret government agency