{"product_id":"under-the-falls-paperback","title":"Under the Falls - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Russo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eEmpire Falls\u003c\/i\u003e returns with his first stand-alone novel since \u003ci\u003eChances Are . . . \u003c\/i\u003e--a spellbinding page-turner about a crime in a small town that exposes long-held secrets and betrayals among a group of lifelong friends\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Tyler Sinclair left Stone Mountain at eighteen, he had no plans of returning. With only a duffel bag full of clothes, a few bucks stolen from his father's dresser, and a guitar, his most prized possession, Tyler disappeared without so much as a goodbye. Eighteen years later, and Tyler, now the frontman of a famous band aptly named Stone Mountain, finds himself returning to his hometown for a one-night-only benefit concert to support his old friend, Doc, who lost feeling in his legs following a childhood accident. As Tyler ascends the mountain, memories of his childhood come rushing back--memories of his abusive father and despondent mother, of the friends he left behind--and he quickly learns that, for many people on Stone Mountain, the past does not feel like so long ago, and not everyone has been eagerly awaiting Tyler's return. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the concert, resentment simmers just beneath the surface, and Tyler finds himself confronted with faces new and old: there's Curt, Tyler's childhood best friend, now Stone Mountain's chief of police, and his star officer, Deb, an out-of-towner who may have bitten off more than she can chew by accepting a job in Stone Mountain. And then there's Freddi, Curt's wife and Tyler's former lover, a woman whose questionable dealings and fraught history with Tyler will become the catalyst for a tragedy that will upend each of their lives and threaten to validate Tyler's worst fear: that \"Stone Mountain is the kind of place you might escape from once, if you're lucky, but not twice.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnder the Falls \u003c\/i\u003eis at once a propulsive thriller, a gut-wrenching portrait of a tight-knit rural community undone by the sins of its past, and an unflinchingly honest depiction of how porous the line between right and wrong, good versus evil, can become. A stunning, deeply empathetic novel, one that takes Russo's penchant for character-driven drama to thrilling new heights.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRICHARD RUSSO is the author of ten novels, most recently \u003ci\u003eSomebody's Fool\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChances Are . . ., Everybody's Fool, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThat Old Cape Magic;\u003c\/i\u003e two collections of stories; the memoir \u003ci\u003eElsewhere\u003c\/i\u003e; and the essay collection \u003ci\u003eLife and Art.\u003c\/i\u003e In 2002 he received the Pulitzer Prize for \u003ci\u003eEmpire Falls, \u003c\/i\u003e which, like \u003ci\u003eNobody's Fool, \u003c\/i\u003e won multiple awards for its screen adaptation, and in 2023 his novel \u003ci\u003eStraight Man\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted into the television series \u003ci\u003eLucky Hank. \u003c\/i\u003eIn 2017 he received France's Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine. He lives in Port­land, ME.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 11, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45526940647600,"sku":"9798217346950","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1121\/0060\/files\/AjTCeSEM669798217346950.webp?v=1787153138","url":"https:\/\/sidekicksptown.com\/products\/under-the-falls-paperback","provider":"Sidekicks Ptown","version":"1.0","type":"link"}