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THE RISK POOL
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| By: |
Richard Russo |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£10.99 |
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£8.02 |
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£2.97 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0099276496 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780099276494 |
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Currently 6 available |
| Publisher: |
VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
4 June, 1998 |
| Pages: |
496 |
| Description: |
When Ned's mother Jenny suffers a breakdown and retreats from her husband's carelessness into a dream world, Ned becomes part of his father's seedy nocturnal world, touring the town's bars and pool halls, struggling to win Sam's affections while avoiding his sins. |
| Synopsis: |
The Risk Pool is a thirty-year journey through the lives of Sam Hall, a small-town gambling hellraiser, and his watchful, introspective son Ned. When Ned's mother Jenny suffers a breakdown and retreats from her husband's carelessness into a dream world, Ned becomes part of his father's seedy nocturnal world, touring the town's bars and pool halls, struggling to win Sam's affections while avoiding his sins. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Vintage |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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