Richard Russo Knihy

Tragikomický příběh se odehrává v zapadlém průmyslovém městečku Empire Falls, které těžce postihl krach místního dřevařského a textilního impéria. Hlavní hrdina Miles Roby sleduje pozvolný úpadek svého rodného města z ošumělého bistra, které vede od chvíle kdy odešel z vysoké školy, aby se mohl postarat o nemocnou matku. Miles je slušný člověk, ale jeho slušnost se dá stěží odlišit od pasivity, takže nyní jenom bezmocně trčí v zapadákově z něhož se zoufale pokoušel uniknout. Nemůže se vzepřít panovačné vdově Whitingové, jejíž rodině kdysi patřilo celé město a která mu dosud vládne železnou rukou. Nemůže zachránit svou bývalou manželku před dalším sňatkem, nemůže zkrotit svého výtržnického otce ani ochránit svoji zbožňovanou dceru. Nemůže vůbec nic, jenom doufat, že mu paní Whitingová odprodá bistro a on bude moci konečně odvézt svou milovanou Tick někam, kde jí bude moci zajistit lepší život. Autor s nesmírnou přesností zaznamenává propletence vztahů v malém městě. Prokazuje mimořádný cit pro rytmus maloměstského života a v jeho vyprávění se mísí neuctivý, posměšný humor s hlubokým pochopením pro slabosti jeho hrdinů.

Nositel Pulitzerovy ceny Richard Russo přichází s novým románem o nezdolnosti přátelství a o jeho složité povaze. Jednoho zářijového dne se na ostrově u pobřeží Massachusetts ve svých šestašedesáti letech sejdou tři kamarádi. Vidí se poprvé od vysoké školy, a už tehdy se snad nemohli víc lišit — natož dnes. Lincoln je realitní makléř, Teddy vlastní malé vydavatelství a Mickey je muzikant za zenitem. Každý z nich má své vlastní tajemství, nemluvě o kolosální záhadě, která jim už více než čtyřicet let vrtá hlavou. Strhující příběh o tom, že pouta přátelství mohou člověka omezovat a zároveň mu prospívat úplně stejně jako vazby uvnitř rodiny či jakéhokoli jiného společenství.

"One of the best blends of SF and mystery yet written." — Science Fiction Chronicle "Russo's San Francisco is very Bladerunner, though clearly written by somebody who knows that city well … The characters in this book are strong, the writing is solid." — SF Site In the San Francisco of the not-too-distant future, detective Frank Carlucci agrees to look into the disappearance of his daughter's friend. His investigations reveal layer upon layer of corruption and decay, culminating in the discovery of "Cancer Cell," a mysterious renegade medical group. Operating out of the city's anarchistic free-zone, these terrorists possess a bioengineered form of hemorrhagic fever — a modern-day plague with the potential to kill millions — that they're ready to turn loose on the world. Author Richard Paul Russo twice received the Philip K. Dick Award: in 1989, for his second novel, Subterranean Gallery, and in 2001 for Ship of Fools. This hard-boiled thriller is the third volume of the critically acclaimed Carlucci Trilogy, consisting of Destroying Angel, Carlucci's Edge, and Carlucci's Heart. All three works offer a gripping combination of classic noir mystery and futuristic cyberpunk fiction.

Richard Russo's new novel takes place in the decaying American town of North Bath over the course of a very busy weekend, ten years after the events of Nobody's Fool. Donald 'Sully' Sullivan is trying to ignore his cardiologist's estimate that he has only a year or two left. Ruth, his long-time lover, is increasingly distracted by her former son-in-law, fresh out of prison and intent on making trouble. Police chief Doug Raymer is tormented by the improbable death of his wife, while local wiseguy Carl Roebuck might finally be running out of luck

"Russo has an excellent eye for the urban landscape [and] the crime writer's well-tuned ear for vernacular … from street punks right up to the high-level officials." — Asimov's Science Fiction In the San Francisco of the future, technology advances while society declines. Against a vividly realized urban backdrop, one of the police force's last honest cops is trying to trace the connection between a series of seemingly unrelated murders. Detective Frank Carlucci manages to thwart his crooked department's efforts to block his investigations — only to discover an even deeper pit of corruption in the form of a black market run by political officials. Author Richard Paul Russo twice received the Philip K. Dick Award: in 1989, for his second novel, Subterranean Gallery, and in 2001 for Ship of Fools. This hard-boiled thriller is the second volume of the critically acclaimed Carlucci Trilogy, consisting of Destroying Angel, Carlucci's Edge, and Carlucci's Heart. All three works offer a gripping combination of classic noir mystery and futuristic cyberpunk fiction. "One of the best blends of SF and mystery yet written." — Science Fiction Chronicle "Russo's latest SF crime novel is mean streets, callous megacorps, venal politicians, and ordinary lowlifes in a jam … Russo's characters succeed in stirring our empathy, but their strangeness is what holds our attention." — Analog

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author returns to the characters that captured the hearts and imaginations of millions of readers in his beloved bestsellers Nobody's Fool and Everybody's Fool.

A much-needed new edition of Richard Russo's warm-hearted tale of a down-at- heel loser who gets a chance to change his luck.

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"Truly gripping . . . a lot more realistic than most near-future SF, as well as being just plain better written than most of it." — Science Fiction Chronicle In the crumbling San Francisco of tomorrow, a former narcotics-squad cop is reluctantly drawn into the investigation of a serial killer's return. Louis Tanner recognizes the ugly work of the Chain Killer, a maniac who dispatches his victims two at a time, welding the corpses together in a grotesque embrace and dumping them into a body of water. Tanner's troubled conscience from a previous case compels him to reunite with his former colleague, Frank Carlucci. Together, they enter the city's notorious red-light district, chasing a vicious drug dealer who forces them even deeper into the underworld — where police are powerless and the foulest criminals live in contempt of the law. Author Richard Paul Russo twice received the Philip K. Dick Award: in 1989, for his second novel, Subterranean Gallery, and in 2001 for Ship of Fools. This hard-boiled thriller is the first volume of the critically acclaimed Carlucci Trilogy, consisting of Destroying Angel, Carlucci's Edge, and Carlucci's Heart. All three works offer a gripping combination of classic noir mystery and futuristic cyberpunk fiction.

The Risk Pool is a thirty-year journey through the lives of Sam Hall, a small- town gambling hellraiser, and his watchful, introspective son Ned.