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The story of Ned Hall, growing up in Mohawk, New York, and of his estranged parents: Sam, a man of outrageously bad habits, and Jinny, his unstable mother. Ned veers between allegiances to these inadequate role models and to Wussy, his father's ne'er-do-well friend.
 
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The child is father of the man

Date of Review:  Jun 3, 2002
The Bottom Line: If you can get by the first half (and really, it's not that bad), then you're in for a treat.
Review: Essentially a fictional autobiography told in two halves, "The Risk Pool" also serves as a neat summary of the development of Richard Russo's personal voice and writing style.

The book's first half focuses on the formative years of Ned...
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The second half is as good as anything...
Cons
The first half is a struggle
 
 
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Authors Richard Russo
Fiction Genre Unknown
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  Conroy, Pat: "A great book. I fell in love with the characters in this novel as I once fell in love with the characters in 'Garp'."

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  Format: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books (May 01, 1994)
Measurements: 8"(h) x 5.5"(w) x 1.25"(d), 0.85 lbs.
ISBN: 9780679753834

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  My father, unlike so many of the men he served with, knew just what he wanted to do when the war was over. He wanted to drink and whore and play the horses.
 
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