Empire falls / Richard Russo.
With Empire Falls Richard Russo cements his reputation as one of America's most compelling and compassionate storytellers. Miles Roby has been slinging burgers at the Empire Grill for 20 years, a job that cost him his college education and much of his self-respect. What keeps him there? It could be his bright, sensitive daughter Tick, who needs all his help surviving the local high school. Or maybe it's Janine, Miles' soon-to-be ex-wife, who's taken up with a noxiously vain health-club proprietor. Or perhaps it's the imperious Francine Whiting, who owns everything in town-and seems to believe that "everything" includes Miles himself. In Empire Falls Richard Russo delves deep into the blue-collar heart of America in a work that overflows with hilarity, heartache, and grace.
Record details
- ISBN: 0307275132
- ISBN: 0375726403
- ISBN: 0679432477
- ISBN: 9780307275134
- ISBN: 9780375726408
- ISBN: 9780679432470
- Physical Description: 483 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First Vintage Contemporaries edition.
- Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 2002.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Previously published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR UG 7.4 34 105691.
- Awards Note:
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2002.
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- 8 of 9 copies available at NC Cardinal.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Madison Main Library | FIC RUS (Text) | 30229100569911 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Barco Library | F RUS (Text) | 39488200747287 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| East Asheville Library | F RUS (Text) | 0020512197631 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Forsyth Central | FIC Russo, Richard (Text) | 0112400199819 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 08/21/2026 |
| Mauney Memorial Library | F RUS (Text) | 26280860034958 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Pack Memorial Library | F RUS (Text) | 0020509670343 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Pack Memorial Library | F RUS (Text) | 0020510382987 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Weaverville Library | F RUS (Text) | 0020509902845 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| West Davidson Public Library | F R (Text) | 25908004156035 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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