The Stranger, October 18th, 2007
Darkness Falls
Richard Russo's Follow-Up to Empire Falls Is Like Empire Falls' Evil Twin
Bridge of Sighs
by Richard Russo (Knopf) $26.95.
Decades ago, in the small Maine town where I'm from, an African-American family bought a house. This was before I was born, so I can only imagine the small and large racist threats, both overt and subtle, that they must've suffered through in the few months they lived there. It was only a few months because one night their house burned to the ground. The fire was deemed an accident by local authorities, and the family moved far away. This must've happene...
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