Mohawk - Richard Russo This is one of Russo's earlier novels. It's a little slow moving and less interesting than more recent works. I know I did enjoy it, though I can't recall too much of the plot now. I read it after reading Empire Falls, and as I recall, the two books had a lot of similarity as far as place and plot and character interaction. Russo's always got some good words of wisdom tucked into his novels. Here's a tidbit I copied from Mohawk: "Attempts to make life do what it has resisted doing in the past are mostly futile." Wish my mom could learn that lesson.