Empire Falls J.R.R. The Committed is a blistering

The Committed is a blistering portrayal of commitment and betrayal that will cement Viet Thanh Nguyen’s position in the firmament of American letters

something shifts

and what we sacrifice when the two collide

aging parents

and sentimental

Empire Falls J.R.R. The Committed is a blisteringWelcome to Empire Falls, a blue collar town full of abandoned mills whose citizens surround themselves with the comforts and feuds provided by lifelong friends and neighbors and who find humor and hope in the most unlikely places, in this Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Richard Russo. Miles Roby has been slinging burgers at the Empire Grill for 20 years, a job that cost him his college education and much of his self respect. What keeps him there? It