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A review by pattydsf
Nobody's Fool by Richard Russo
3.0
“Hell, at twenty, he’d been ready to junk everything and start over too. But now, at sixty, he was less willing to throw things away that could be patched together and kept running for a few more months. He wanted to keep going forward, not stop and turn around and analyze the validity of decisions made and courses charted long ago.”
Sully is, in my opinion, one of Russo’s best creations. He is not everyman – no such character exists – but he is a character that many readers can be empathetic towards. He has problems that many people have. He has managed to keep his head above water in spite of messing up a marriage, child-rearing, many jobs, friendship and his love relationship with his girlfriend. He seems loveable, as long as you don’t have to deal with him on a day to day basis. I am glad I finally got around to reading this novel and therefore to meeting Sully.
I didn’t know that Russo’s new book Everybody’s Fool is also about Sully. I should have realized this – Russo would not repeat a word in his titles if it wasn’t important. I am looking forward to seeing what is going on with Sully more than twenty years later.
Sully is, in my opinion, one of Russo’s best creations. He is not everyman – no such character exists – but he is a character that many readers can be empathetic towards. He has problems that many people have. He has managed to keep his head above water in spite of messing up a marriage, child-rearing, many jobs, friendship and his love relationship with his girlfriend. He seems loveable, as long as you don’t have to deal with him on a day to day basis. I am glad I finally got around to reading this novel and therefore to meeting Sully.
I didn’t know that Russo’s new book Everybody’s Fool is also about Sully. I should have realized this – Russo would not repeat a word in his titles if it wasn’t important. I am looking forward to seeing what is going on with Sully more than twenty years later.