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Nobody's Fool is big, funny and richly human, a garrulous book that buttonholes you in the first few pages...
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Russo's warm-hearted tale of a down-at-heel loser who gets a chance to change his luck
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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This book details a few days in the life of Don Sullivan (Sully), a self-employed handyman in a small North American town. It's both funny and thoughtful with a well-drawn list of characters. This is also the best book about men I have ever read - and I don't mean "MEN" in a Hemingway-way. Sully comes across as flawed and disorganised, with a life to match; totally bemused by women and obligations of family, he ends up doing the right thing by most in the end. This novel was filmed and starred Paul Newman - the film also carries a hearty recommendation
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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All of Richard Russo's books are wonderfully written and worthy of reading but the character "Sully" is one in a million, at least I hope so! You wouldn't want him as a father but he's a character you can't help liking, in fact you fall half in love with him in this tale. This is one of those books that tells us what we're really like and what we think we don't like. We are often wrong.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This is simply a wonderful book and I can't recommend it highly enough. First read not long after it was published in 1994 and have re-read several times since, always with the same degree of pleasure.
It's also one of the few instances, in my experience, of a great book being turned into a great movie. Paul Newman was perfectly cast as Sully. Read (and watch) and enjoy.
It's also one of the few instances, in my experience, of a great book being turned into a great movie. Paul Newman was perfectly cast as Sully. Read (and watch) and enjoy.
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Curl up with this book when the weather is grey and you have a cold...
The central character of 'Nobody's Fool' is Sully. Somewhere on the wrong side of sixty, Sully would appear to have never quite got his life together. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Alison McVey
A brilliant read
I have just discovered Russo as an author, - his stories are not the type I usually go for - but his books are unputdownable. Read more
Published on 6 Feb 2010 by E. Armstrong
Just a great book to be around
Sully, Sully, Sully. A refrain, a lament, but told with glinting eyes. Sully is a fool to himself, but he knows it, and all his friends know they wouldn't really want it any other... Read more
Published on 19 Nov 2002 by ghandibob
a brilliant read
I actually saw the film first and loved it and since watching it again after reading the book, it just doesn't compare! Read more
Published on 20 Oct 2000
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