A decent man encircled by history and\ndreams, by echoing churches and abandoned mills, by the comforts\nand feuds provided by lifelong friends and neighbours, Miles is\nalso a patient, knowing guide to the rich, hardscrabble nature of\n_Empire Falls_: fathers and sons and daughters, living and\ndead, rich and poor alike. All of these, though, are offset by his\ndaughter, Tick, whom he guides gently and proudly through the\ntribulations of adolescence. Even so, his own obligations\nare manifold: a pending divorce a troubled younger brother and,\nnot least, a peculiar partnership in the failing grill with none\nother than Mrs. Called back from college and set to\nwork by family obligations - his mother ailing, his father a loose\ncannon - Miles never left home again. Miles Roby gazes over this ruined\nkingdom from the Empire Grill.
Dexter County, Maine, and specifically the town of Empire\nFalls, has seen better days, and for decades, in fact, only a\nsuccession from bad to worse. Richard Russo - from his first novel, Mohawk, to his most\nrecent, Straight Man-has demonstrated a peerless affinity\nfor the human tragicomedy, and with this stunning new novel -\nwinner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for fiction - he extends even\nfurther his claims on the small-town, blue-collar heart of the\ncountry.
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