Richard Russo

Praise for On Helwig Street

This is a small masterpiece

DJ Taylor, Independent on Sunday

An absorbing memoir of a town, a family, and an artist – one in which only the artist has reached his potential. Sharply observed, emotionally true and metaphorically rich

J Robert Lennon, Guardian

I loved this very affectionate and haunting portrayal of Russo’s mother and the glove-making world gone by. The man as a boy watching his own mother’s helpless and scattered journey through her illness, describing i ...

Hugo Hamilton, author of 'The Speckled People'

This is a small masterpiece

DJ Taylor, Independent on Sunday

An absorbing memoir of a town, a family, and an artist – one in which only the artist has reached his potential. Sharply observed, emotionally true and metaphorically rich

J Robert Lennon, Guardian

I loved this very affectionate and haunting portrayal of Russo’s mother and the glove-making world gone by. The man as a boy watching his own mother’s helpless and scattered journey through her illness, describing i ...

Hugo Hamilton, author of 'The Speckled People'

This is a small masterpiece

DJ Taylor, Independent on Sunday

An absorbing memoir of a town, a family, and an artist – one in which only the artist has reached his potential. Sharply observed, emotionally true and metaphorically rich

J Robert Lennon, Guardian

I loved this very affectionate and haunting portrayal of Russo’s mother and the glove-making world gone by. The man as a boy watching his own mother’s helpless and scattered journey through her illness, describing i ...

Hugo Hamilton, author of 'The Speckled People'

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