From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls comes a wonderfully written novel about a small town in New York whose citizens have fallen on hard times. Immensely readable and sympathetic.... Mr. Russo has an instinctive gift for capturing the rhythms of small-town life. --The New York Times Mohawk New York is one of those small towns that lie almost entirely on the wrong side of the tracks. Dallas Younger a star athlete in high school now drifts from tavern to poker game losing money and inevitably another set of false teeth. His ex-wife Anne is stuck in a losing battle with her mother over the care of her sick father. And their son Randall is deliberately neglecting his school work--because in a place like Mohawk it doesn t pay to be too smart. In Mohawk Russo explores these lives with profound compassion and flint-hard wit. Out of derailed ambitions and old loves secret hatreds and communal myths he has created a richly plotted densely populated and wonderfully written novel that captures every nuance of America s backyard. Look for Richard Russo s new book Somebody s Fool coming soon.