{"product_id":"the-risk-pool-9780679753834","title":"The Risk Pool","description":"A wonderfully funny, perceptive novel \u003cb\u003eThe Risk Pool\u003c\/b\u003e is set in Mohawk, New York, where Ned Hall is doing his best to grow up, even though neither of his estranged parents can properly be called adult. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e His father, Sam, cultivates bad habits so assiduously that he is stuck at the bottom of his auto insurance risk pool. His mother, Jenny, is slowly going crazy from resentment at a husband who refuses either to stay or to stay away. As Ned veers between allegiances to these grossly inadequate role models, Richard Russo gives us a book that overflows with outsized characters and outlandish predicaments and whose vision of family is at once irreverent and unexpectedly moving. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the traditions of Thornton Wilder and Anne Tyler, \u003ci\u003eThe Risk Pool\u003c\/i\u003e was hailed by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times as \u003c\/i\u003e..\".superbly original and maliciously funny. Russo proves himself a master at evoking the sights, feelings, and smells of a town.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679753834\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Richard Russo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36639901155484,"sku":"9780679753834","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_93d7c49a-e63a-4020-9671-9dd8c032e8e9.jpg?v=1603850872","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-risk-pool-9780679753834","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}