A review by bahoulie
The Risk Pool by Richard Russo

4.0

This was a very good read. I'd read his "Empire Falls," and just been depressed by it. That story was about losers in a depressing place. This book takes place in at least as sad and dilapidated a town as Empire Falls, but the people have a better outlook that makes the book a pleasure to read. Still not any kind of uplifting, but good writing and a good story that doesn't make you want to jump off a bridge.