Empire Falls is written largely from an omniscient point of view but frequently segues into Miles' Roby's naive observer voice or the dialogue of the characters.
Empire Falls, Maine is the setting for almost all of the action in the novel of the same name with frequent flashbacks to Martha's Vineyard and occasional vignettes in the Florida Keys. A few events also occur in Boston, St. Luke's College, and the Sigma Nu frat house at the University of Maine.
Richard Russo is a master of the English language and slips seamlessly from.....
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