Under the Falls
A Novel
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Under the Falls
Narrated by:
Zachary Chastain, Emma Ladji, Matt Godfrey, Fred Berman, Leeanna Albanese
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Narrated by:
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Zachary Chastain
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Emma Ladji
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Matt Godfrey
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Fred Berman
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Leeanna Albanese
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Written by:
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Richard Russo
When 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, 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.
At 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.”
Under the Falls is 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. This is a stunning, deeply empathetic novel, one that takes Russo’s penchant for character-driven drama to thrilling new heights.
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Critic Reviews
“Under the Falls is a short potboiling book. . . . Thoroughly enjoyable.” —The Atlantic
“Taut and tense.” —AirMail
“Insightful and well-written. Sentences unfurl smoothly and the setting is evocatively rendered. . . . Under the Falls is slick, accomplished, polished.” —The Boston Globe
“This is Russo’s shortest novel and his most clipped and dramatic one, too. . . . The result is an unusually brisk thriller that plunges into Russo’s signature exploration of small-town decline, resentment, and guilt.” —Ron Charles Substack
“Under the Falls is 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. This is a stunning, deeply empathetic novel, one that takes Russo’s penchant for character-driven drama to thrilling new heights.” —Philly Chapbook Review
“[Under the Falls] is a treasure, another winner from an author who seemingly cannot write a bad sentence. . . . As usual in a novel by Russo, all the elements—plot, character, ambience—coalesce in a stunning and deeply sympathetic portrait.” —Library Journal (starred review)
“Russo’s dark and brooding novel is cinematically lush and emotionally potent, a shrewd treatise on the perils of reunion, remorse, and the quest for redemption.” —Booklist
“Russo excels at drawing flawed characters who experience moments of deep reckoning, along with moments of grace, big and small. . . . Under the Falls is a devastating look at the enduring, tangled nature of childhood friendships, hurts and jealousies.” —BookPage
“In between action sequences, Russo probes the flawed and soul-searching characters of two men and finds the meaning of their lifelong bond. Under the Falls is a memorable literary thriller.” —Publishers Weekly
“Male friendship, flawed moral character, helpless and enduring romantic love, small-town police, class distinctions between neighboring rural towns—many of the elements of classic Russo are here.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Under the Falls is a thriller, but at its best it’s concerned about that matter of haunting — about whether the child can ever be reconciled with the adult, and who gets hurt along the way. . . . The surprising, enduring parts of Falls are its quieter reckonings with how and whether you can go home again.” —Mark Athitakis, On the Seawall
“Taut and tense.” —AirMail
“Insightful and well-written. Sentences unfurl smoothly and the setting is evocatively rendered. . . . Under the Falls is slick, accomplished, polished.” —The Boston Globe
“This is Russo’s shortest novel and his most clipped and dramatic one, too. . . . The result is an unusually brisk thriller that plunges into Russo’s signature exploration of small-town decline, resentment, and guilt.” —Ron Charles Substack
“Under the Falls is 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. This is a stunning, deeply empathetic novel, one that takes Russo’s penchant for character-driven drama to thrilling new heights.” —Philly Chapbook Review
“[Under the Falls] is a treasure, another winner from an author who seemingly cannot write a bad sentence. . . . As usual in a novel by Russo, all the elements—plot, character, ambience—coalesce in a stunning and deeply sympathetic portrait.” —Library Journal (starred review)
“Russo’s dark and brooding novel is cinematically lush and emotionally potent, a shrewd treatise on the perils of reunion, remorse, and the quest for redemption.” —Booklist
“Russo excels at drawing flawed characters who experience moments of deep reckoning, along with moments of grace, big and small. . . . Under the Falls is a devastating look at the enduring, tangled nature of childhood friendships, hurts and jealousies.” —BookPage
“In between action sequences, Russo probes the flawed and soul-searching characters of two men and finds the meaning of their lifelong bond. Under the Falls is a memorable literary thriller.” —Publishers Weekly
“Male friendship, flawed moral character, helpless and enduring romantic love, small-town police, class distinctions between neighboring rural towns—many of the elements of classic Russo are here.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Under the Falls is a thriller, but at its best it’s concerned about that matter of haunting — about whether the child can ever be reconciled with the adult, and who gets hurt along the way. . . . The surprising, enduring parts of Falls are its quieter reckonings with how and whether you can go home again.” —Mark Athitakis, On the Seawall
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