Vintage
April 1994
On Sale: April 12, 1994
Featuring: Dallas Younger; Anna Younger; Randall Younger
418 pages ISBN: 0679753826 EAN: 9780679753827 Paperback Add to Wish List
Mohawk, New York, is one of those small towns that lie
almost entirely on the wrong side of the tracks. Its
citizens, too, have fallen on hard times. Dallas Younger, a
star athlete in high school, now drifts from tavern to poker
game, losing money, and, inevitably, another set of false
teeth. His ex-wife, Anne, is stuck in a losing battle with
her mother over the care of her sick father. And their son,
Randall, is deliberately neglecting his school work--because
in a place like Mohawk it doesn't pay to be too
smart.
In Mohawk Richard Russo explores these
lives with profound compassion and flint-hard wit. Out of
derailed ambitions and old loves, secret hatreds and
communal myths, he has created a richly plotted, densely
populated, and wonderfully written novel that captures every
nuance of America's backyard.
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