Chances Are...
by Richard Russo
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good+
- ISBN 10
- 1101947748
- ISBN 13
- 9781101947746
- Seller
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Poulsbo, Washington, United States
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About This Item
[Russo's] first novel in ten years hits the ball out of the park. . . . You'll lap up this gripping, wise, and wonderful summer treat." —The Boston Globe
"A cascade of charm. . . . Russo is an undeniably endearing writer, and chances are this story will draw you back to the most consequential moments in your own life."—The Washington Post
One beautiful September day, three men in their late sixties convene on Martha's Vineyard, friends ever since meeting in college in the sixties. They couldn't have been more different then, or even today—Lincoln's a commercial real estate broker, Teddy a tiny-press publisher, and Mickey is a musician beyond his rockin' age. But each man holds his own secrets, in addition to the monumental mystery that none of them has ever stopped puzzling over since a Memorial Day weekend right here on the Vineyard in 1971. Now, forty-five years later, three lives and that of a significant other are put on displaywhile the distant past confounds the present ina relentless squall of surprise and discovery. Shot through with Russo's trademark comedy and humanity, Chances Are . . . introduces a new level of suspense and menace that will quicken the reader's heartbeat throughout this absorbing saga.
"A cascade of charm. . . . Russo is an undeniably endearing writer, and chances are this story will draw you back to the most consequential moments in your own life."—The Washington Post
One beautiful September day, three men in their late sixties convene on Martha's Vineyard, friends ever since meeting in college in the sixties. They couldn't have been more different then, or even today—Lincoln's a commercial real estate broker, Teddy a tiny-press publisher, and Mickey is a musician beyond his rockin' age. But each man holds his own secrets, in addition to the monumental mystery that none of them has ever stopped puzzling over since a Memorial Day weekend right here on the Vineyard in 1971. Now, forty-five years later, three lives and that of a significant other are put on displaywhile the distant past confounds the present ina relentless squall of surprise and discovery. Shot through with Russo's trademark comedy and humanity, Chances Are . . . introduces a new level of suspense and menace that will quicken the reader's heartbeat throughout this absorbing saga.
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- Bookseller
- Lemolo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2244
- Title
- Chances Are...
- Author
- Richard Russo
- Format/Binding
- Book VG, DJ front cover a tad off folded, but no damages or rips to pages or cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1101947748
- ISBN 13
- 9781101947746
- Publisher
- knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Date Published
- 2109
- Pages
- 320
- Keywords
- 66yo men, martha's vineyard, small towns, community
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction Books;
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