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The town is dilapidated and approaching bankruptcy after the factories, owed by the whitings, have been closed leaving the boarded up buildings as a symbol of the past. 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 selfrespect. The first edition of the novel was published in 2001, and was written by richard russo. Empire falls by richard russo read online on bookmate. Dexter county, maine, and specifically the town of empire falls, has seen better days, and for decades, in fact, only a succession from bad to worse. The main characters of this fiction, humor story are. From the pulitzer prizewinning author of empire falls comes a new revelation.
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