Comments on: A Q&A with Richard Russo, author of THAT OLD CAPE MAGIC

By: Elaine Wormuth

Elaine Wormuth — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:13:29 +0000

I am a big fan – I have read all your books and eagerly await the next. One question – I live in the old mill town that you were raised in – you have written books about your hometown and made millions and yet you refuse to return or help out in any way – just sayin’

By: don

don — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 01:34:53 +0000

loved Mohawk and Empirre Falls

By: Vito Belcastro

Vito Belcastro — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:48:00 +0000

I’ve read every Richard Russo book except Straight Man, which I’m reading now, and I am utterly fascinated by the way he pushes his fist into my chest cavity and extracts every single memory of blue collar, small town life that I’ve ever had & force feeds it back to me, making it even better than I thought I remembered. Write a few more books Richard. I’m not dead yet & I need sustenance.

By: Judy Harrison

Judy Harrison — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 19:17:27 +0000

A great book! This could translate to an intelligent film provided the script does not deviate from the story and gives voice to all characters, especially Griffin’s mother!

By: susan swift

susan swift — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:06:22 +0000

Just finished ‘ That Old Cape Magic’.I loved the book but I’m left with this little nagging thought: why didn’t Tommy attend his god daughter’s wedding? I can appreciate that it would have been difficult to find a “place” for him ( table 17?) but shouldn’t he have been there? I offer this thought in all humbleness – I am a reader, not a writer.

By: art ribak

art ribak — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:54:56 +0000

Just finished Empire Falls and even though I rarely read novels I couldn’t put yours dowm

By: Mary A. Ivancic-Race

Mary A. Ivancic-Race — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:40:16 +0000

My husband and I are from Gloversville, NY; and I am currently reading your novel Bridge of Sighs, and I cannot help think about my childhood in Gloversville NY. My maternal grandparents surname was Russo ( Peter and Angelina) and I just losy my beloved Aunt Mary E. Russo on 30 December 2009. I do know that Russo is a very common name, but I just wanted you to know how much I am enjoying your novel. I plan to read all of your novels in the future. Mary A. Ivancic-Class of 1968 Gloversville High School.

By: Vincent Brannigan

Vincent Brannigan — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:55:28 +0000

It’s a wonderful book, and perhaps I picked up on a timeline error because I was also born in 1951 and have been married for 34 years like Griffin. I’m also a professor with two daughters getting married. But the books time line is broken. Griffin’s mother is 85 in 2008 so she was born in 1923. Griffins parents were 57 when he was married to Joy P8 So he was married in 1980. BUT that would make him married 28 years not 34. His daughter was born 7 years later in 1987. But her equal aged soulmate Sunny Kim in 2008 is already a Georgetown law graduate So he must be at least 25 , which would put his birth date no later than 1983
I would suggest that Russo made an error. He meant on p 8 that his mother was 57 when his daughter was born, not when he and joy were married . That would make them married in 1974 and the time line fits.

By: Carol Schneider

Carol Schneider — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:31:30 +0000

Just delighted that there is a new Russo to devour… Having adored all of the author’s previous books (I cried at the end of “Bridge of Sighs”, not because of the ending but because I didn’t have another, unread Russo on my bedside table) I am longing to get involved with Griffin and all the other new characters awaiting me in “That Old Cape Magic”.
Far and away, the best descriptive novelist writing in America today.