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Six years after his Pulitzer Prize-winning Empire Falls, Richard Russo has returned to familiar terrain, providing a minutely detailed and mesmerizing view of small-town life in the Northeast ...
It has been justly acclaimed over and over again. Bridge of Sighs is fine, but it is not Russo at his best. Still, the similarities between the two might also have a reflexive effect.
Bridge of Sighs Richard Russo, . . Knopf, $26.95 (527pp) ISBN 978-0-375-41495-4 Signature Reviewed by Jeffrey Frank ...