Product Description

In the small town of North Bath, it is Thanksgiving and Sully, Miss Beryl's ne'er-do-well lodger, has problems; his knee is acting up, his ex-wife is finally cracking up, his mistress is giving him the cold shoulder and, though well on in life, he still hasn't come to terms with the memory of his violent, emotional father. When his smug, college-educated son returns with his own problems, matters don't improve...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #54696 in Books
• Published on: 1995-03-16
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 549 pages

Financial Times
Nobody's Fool is big, funny and richly human, a garrulous book that buttonholes you in the first few pages...

About the Author
Richard Russo lives in Camden, Maine with his wife and two daughters. He is the author (and co-screenwriter) of Nobody's Fool which was made into a major film starring Paul Newman. Film rights to his latest novel Empire Falls have also been bought.

Customer Reviews

A great book representing the best in Modern U.S. Fiction
This book details a few days in the life of Don Sullivan (Sully), a self-employed handyman in a small North American town. It's both funny and thoughtful with a well-drawn list of characters. This is also the best book about men I have ever read - and I don't mean "MEN" in a Hemingway-way. Sully comes across as flawed and disorganised, with a life to match; totally bemused by women and obligations of family, he ends up doing the right thing by most in the end. This novel was filmed and starred Paul Newman - the film also carries a hearty recommendation

5 star book- touch of class
All of Richard Russo's books are wonderfully written and worthy of reading but the character "Sully" is one in a million, at least I hope so! You wouldn't want him as a father but he's a character you can't help liking, in fact you fall half in love with him in this tale. This is one of those books that tells us what we're really like and what we think we don't like. We are often wrong.

a brilliant read
I actually saw the film first and loved it and since watching it again after reading the book, it just doesn't compare! The character of Sully was alien to me (being a 30 year old woman) but Richard Russo's ability to define characters in such a way that they instantly remind you of someone in your own life is truly amazing. This book is one of the best you can ever read and I already have several friends in line to borrow it!