Richard Russo Ordre des livres

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author returns to the characters that captured the hearts and imaginations of millions of readers in his beloved bestsellers Nobody's Fool and Everybody's Fool.

Веселая и честная, сострадательная и остроумная история длиной в одну невозможную неделю, случившуюся в жизни Хэнка Деверо. С неохотой и против собственной природы Уильям Генри Деверо Младший, предпочитающий, чтобы его звали запросто Хэнк, руководит английской кафедрой в захудалом колледже где-то в ржавом поясе Пенсильвании. Сам Хэнк по натуре наблюдатель и анархист, но кафедра стремительно разваливается даже без его усилий. В течение недели Хэнку предстоит пройти через массу испытаний и даже катастроф. Рассвирепевшая коллега разобьет ему нос, аспирантка попытается его соблазнить, по местному ТВ его обвинят в казни гуся, родной отец прибудет с желанием примириться навсегда, а некоторые функции организма вдруг объявят забастовку. Печальный и смешной роман про академических неудачников, про свободу-несвободу и просто про хороших людей.

David und Ellie, zwei gutsituierte, in der Großstadt lebende, pensionierte Akademiker sind zufrieden mit ihrem Leben. Bis zu dem Tag, an dem Donald Trump zum Präsidenten gewählt wird. Plötzlich wird ihnen alles fremd: ihr Land, ihr Leben, sie sich selbst. Ihre Tochter, die längst im liberalen Kalifornien lebt, kann ihnen nicht helfen. Und dann ist da noch dieser Freund, von dem sie glauben, dass er nur so tut, als hätte er Hillary gewählt … Spätestens als Ellie eines Tages Fäkalien im eigenen Pool entdeckt, findet die ›Sh*tshow‹ nicht mehr nur im metaphorischen Sinne statt. Aber dieser spektakulär niederträchtige Akt des Vandalismus ist nur das erste in ei-ner Kette politischer und privater Ereignisse, die sich verheerend auf die eigentlich so behagliche Existenz des Paares auswirken. Richard Russo hat eine eindringliche Parabel geschrieben, in der er von den tiefen, oft unmerklichen Rissen zwischen Freunden, Nachbarn, Familien und selbst Liebenden erzählt, die im Zuge gewichtiger gesellschaftlicher Veränderungen entstehen: Das Politische ist oft privater, als wir meinen.

"Truly gripping . . . a lot more realistic than most near-future SF, as well as being just plain better written than most of it." — Science Fiction Chronicle In the crumbling San Francisco of tomorrow, a former narcotics-squad cop is reluctantly drawn into the investigation of a serial killer's return. Louis Tanner recognizes the ugly work of the Chain Killer, a maniac who dispatches his victims two at a time, welding the corpses together in a grotesque embrace and dumping them into a body of water. Tanner's troubled conscience from a previous case compels him to reunite with his former colleague, Frank Carlucci. Together, they enter the city's notorious red-light district, chasing a vicious drug dealer who forces them even deeper into the underworld — where police are powerless and the foulest criminals live in contempt of the law. Author Richard Paul Russo twice received the Philip K. Dick Award: in 1989, for his second novel, Subterranean Gallery, and in 2001 for Ship of Fools. This hard-boiled thriller is the first volume of the critically acclaimed Carlucci Trilogy, consisting of Destroying Angel, Carlucci's Edge, and Carlucci's Heart. All three works offer a gripping combination of classic noir mystery and futuristic cyberpunk fiction.

"One of the best blends of SF and mystery yet written." — Science Fiction Chronicle "Russo's San Francisco is very Bladerunner, though clearly written by somebody who knows that city well … The characters in this book are strong, the writing is solid." — SF Site In the San Francisco of the not-too-distant future, detective Frank Carlucci agrees to look into the disappearance of his daughter's friend. His investigations reveal layer upon layer of corruption and decay, culminating in the discovery of "Cancer Cell," a mysterious renegade medical group. Operating out of the city's anarchistic free-zone, these terrorists possess a bioengineered form of hemorrhagic fever — a modern-day plague with the potential to kill millions — that they're ready to turn loose on the world. Author Richard Paul Russo twice received the Philip K. Dick Award: in 1989, for his second novel, Subterranean Gallery, and in 2001 for Ship of Fools. This hard-boiled thriller is the third volume of the critically acclaimed Carlucci Trilogy, consisting of Destroying Angel, Carlucci's Edge, and Carlucci's Heart. All three works offer a gripping combination of classic noir mystery and futuristic cyberpunk fiction.

"Russo has an excellent eye for the urban landscape [and] the crime writer's well-tuned ear for vernacular … from street punks right up to the high-level officials." — Asimov's Science Fiction In the San Francisco of the future, technology advances while society declines. Against a vividly realized urban backdrop, one of the police force's last honest cops is trying to trace the connection between a series of seemingly unrelated murders. Detective Frank Carlucci manages to thwart his crooked department's efforts to block his investigations — only to discover an even deeper pit of corruption in the form of a black market run by political officials. Author Richard Paul Russo twice received the Philip K. Dick Award: in 1989, for his second novel, Subterranean Gallery, and in 2001 for Ship of Fools. This hard-boiled thriller is the second volume of the critically acclaimed Carlucci Trilogy, consisting of Destroying Angel, Carlucci's Edge, and Carlucci's Heart. All three works offer a gripping combination of classic noir mystery and futuristic cyberpunk fiction. "One of the best blends of SF and mystery yet written." — Science Fiction Chronicle "Russo's latest SF crime novel is mean streets, callous megacorps, venal politicians, and ordinary lowlifes in a jam … Russo's characters succeed in stirring our empathy, but their strangeness is what holds our attention." — Analog

Pulitzer Prize-winner Richard Russo's first standalone novel in a decade is a gripping story about the abiding yet complex power of friendship.

This dazzling collection of four stories features characters bound together by their parallel moments of reckoning with their pasts—and proves the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls is also a master of the short story. “Beautiful…. Will abruptly break your heart.” —The New York Times The characters in these four expansive stories are a departure from the blue-collar denizens that populate so many of Richard Russo’s novels. In “Horseman,” a young professor confronts an undergraduate plagiarist—as well as her own regrets. In “Intervention,” a realtor facing a serious medical prognosis finds himself in his late father’s shadow. “Voice” gives us a semiretired academic who is conned by his estranged brother into joining a group tour of the Venice Biennale. And “Milton and Marcus” takes us into a lapsed novelist’s attempt to rekindle his screenwriting career—a career that depends wholly, at a crucial moment, on two Hollywood icons (one living, one dead). Look for Richard Russo's new book, Somebody's Fool, coming soon.

Richard Russo's new novel takes place in the decaying American town of North Bath over the course of a very busy weekend, ten years after the events of Nobody's Fool. Donald 'Sully' Sullivan is trying to ignore his cardiologist's estimate that he has only a year or two left. Ruth, his long-time lover, is increasingly distracted by her former son-in-law, fresh out of prison and intent on making trouble. Police chief Doug Raymer is tormented by the improbable death of his wife, while local wiseguy Carl Roebuck might finally be running out of luck