{"product_id":"under-the-falls","title":"Under the Falls","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"[ \n\u003ci\u003eUnder the Falls\u003c\/i\u003e] is a treasure, another winner from an author who seemingly cannot write a bad sentence. . . . As usual in a novel by Russo, all the elements--plot, character, ambience--coalesce in a stunning and deeply sympathetic portrait.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Russo's dark and brooding novel is cinematically lush and emotionally potent, a shrewd treatise on the perils of reunion, remorse, and the quest for redemption.\" \n\u003cb\u003e ­ --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"In between action sequences, Russo probes the flawed and soul-searching characters of two men and finds the meaning of their lifelong bond. \n\u003ci\u003eUnder the Falls \u003c\/i\u003eis a memorable literary thriller.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRICHARD RUSSO is the author of ten previous novels, most recently \n\u003ci\u003eSomebody's Fool\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eChances Are . . ., Everybody's Fool, \u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eThat Old Cape Magic;\u003c\/i\u003e two collections of stories; the memoir \n\u003ci\u003eElsewhere\u003c\/i\u003e; and the essay collection \n\u003ci\u003eLife and Art.\u003c\/i\u003e In 2002 he received the Pulitzer Prize for \n\u003ci\u003eEmpire Falls, \u003c\/i\u003e which, like \n\u003ci\u003eNobody's Fool, \u003c\/i\u003e won multiple awards for its screen adaptation, and in 2023 his novel \n\u003ci\u003eStraight Man\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted into the television series \n\u003ci\u003eLucky Hank. \u003c\/i\u003eIn 2017 he received France's Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine. He lives in Falmouth, ME.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eEmpire Falls\u003c\/i\u003e returns with a spellbinding page-turner about a crime in a small town that exposes long-held secrets and betrayals among a group of lifelong friends.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Tyler Sinclair left Stone Mountain at eighteen, he had no plans of returning. With only a duffel bag full of clothes, a few bucks stolen from his father's dresser, and a guitar, his most prized possession, Tyler disappeared without so much as a goodbye. Eighteen years later, Tyler, now the frontman of a famous band aptly named Stone Mountain, finds himself returning to his hometown for a one-night-only benefit concert to support his old friend, Doc, who lost feeling in his legs following a childhood accident. As Tyler ascends the mountain, memories of his childhood come rushing back--memories of his abusive father and despondent mother, of the friends he left behind--and he quickly learns that, for many people on Stone Mountain, the past does not feel like so long ago, and not everyone has been eagerly awaiting Tyler's return. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the concert, resentment simmers just beneath the surface, and Tyler finds himself confronted with faces new and old: there's Curt, Tyler's childhood best friend, now Stone Mountain's chief of police, and his star officer, Deb, an out-of-towner who may have bitten off more than she can chew by accepting a job in Stone Mountain. And then there's Freddi, Curt's wife and Tyler's former lover, a woman whose questionable dealings and fraught history with Tyler will become the catalyst for a tragedy that will upend each of their lives and threaten to validate Tyler's worst fear: that \"Stone Mountain is the kind of place you might escape from once, if you're lucky, but not twice.\" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eUnder the Falls \u003c\/i\u003eis at once a propulsive thriller, a gut-wrenching portrait of a tight-knit rural community undone by the sins of its past, and an unflinchingly honest depiction of how porous the line between right and wrong, good versus evil, can become. This is a stunning, deeply empathetic novel, one that takes Russo's penchant for character-driven drama to thrilling new heights.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/01\/2026 pg. 66 (EAN 9780593805107, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/01\/2026 (EAN 9780593805107, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/04\/2026 (EAN 9780593805107, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/span\u003e 12\/30\/0001 (EAN 9780593805107, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496277213462,"sku":"9780593805107","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780593805107.jpg?v=1783058854","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/under-the-falls","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}