Bridge of Sighs

Bridge of Sighs (2007) by Richard Russo. Russo, author of Empire Falls, is a master storyteller and builder of fictional universes. This one holds the story of Lou Lynch and Robert Noonan, boyhood friends who become separated by the years, but whose lives remain nevertheless inextricably intertwined. It is also the story of the generations which preceded them, and those which follow, in the upstate New York town of Thomaston. Russo has a way of weaving a tale which leaves him many secrets to reveal toward the end of the book, and the quest for answers keeps the reader entertained to the very end. Grade: A-