Nobody’s Fool
Author: Richard Russo
It is Thanksgiving in North Bath and Sully, old Miss Beryl’s feckless lodger, does not have much to be thankful for. His arthritic knee is acting up and so is his truck; his ex-wife is at the end of her tether, his mistress is giving him the cold shoulder, and the grinning ghost of his father won’t leave him alone. The future looks bleak when Sully’s son Peter, a morose co….Read More
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