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The Bascombe Novels
Richard Ford
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Description for The Bascombe Novels
Hardcover. A trilogy of novels - "The Sportswriter", "Independence Day", and "The Lay of the Land" - that charts the life and times of one of the most beloved and enduring characters in modern fiction. Num Pages: 1336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 135 x 66. Weight in Grams: 1194.
A trilogy of brilliant novels-The Sportswriter, Independence Day, and The Lay of the Land-that charts the life and times of one of the most beloved and enduring characters in modern fiction.When we meet Frank Bascombe in The Sportswriter, his unguarded voice instantly wins us over and pulls us into a life that has been irrevocably changed-by the loss of a marriage, a career, a child. We then follow Frank, ever laconic and observant, through Independence Day and The Lay of the Land. In Haddam, summer floats over tree-softened streets like a sweet lotion balm from a ... Read more
A trilogy of brilliant novels-The Sportswriter, Independence Day, and The Lay of the Land-that charts the life and times of one of the most beloved and enduring characters in modern fiction.When we meet Frank Bascombe in The Sportswriter, his unguarded voice instantly wins us over and pulls us into a life that has been irrevocably changed-by the loss of a marriage, a career, a child. We then follow Frank, ever laconic and observant, through Independence Day and The Lay of the Land. In Haddam, summer floats over tree-softened streets like a sweet lotion balm from a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
Number of Pages
1336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841593197
SKU
9781841593197
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Richard Ford
Richard Ford is the author of six novels and three collections of stories. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Independence Day and the PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in short fiction. He lives in New York and Maine.
Reviews for The Bascombe Novels
With a mastery second to none, Richard Ford has created a character we know as well as our next-door neighbors. Frank Bascombe has earned himself a place beside Willy Loman and Harry Angstrom in our literary landscape, but he has done so with a wry wit and a fin de siecle wisdom that is very much his own
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