Small Town Life

"Do you understand forgiveness?" "The concept, I guess." "I mean how it works." "Somebody's an asshole and you tell him it's okay?" "That's a willful misrepresentation." "As in untrue?" "As in half true." This is Sully speaking to Miss Beryl. This dialogue is typical Sully. Richard Russo, the author of "Everybody's Fool" is very adept at language diction. The reader can hear the words ringing authenticity. This novel is a sequel to "Nobody's Fool." Sully was the main protagonist in that one. Sully's also in "Everybody's Fool," but the story is about the police chief, Douglas Raymer. It is a funny, page-turning novel. The chief is everybody's fool and the story is about his wife's death, her cheating on him, and her need to be loved by everyone. In trying to figure what happened, Chief Raymer finds a lot about himself, too. Woven around and in the Chief's story are Sully, Rub and Ruth, and many of the characters from "Nobody's Fool." The humor in the story will have the reader laughing out loud. No human can read "Everybody's Fool" with out a smile on their face and/or a tear in their eye. It's life. Everyone knows a Chief Raymer and Sully. It's about our lives.