Book description
P>I> is a moving, peerlessly funny odyssey through America and
through the layered consciousness of one of its most compelling literary
incarnations, conducted by a novelist of extraordinary empathy and
perception. <
Frank Bascombe, in the aftermath of his divorce and the ruin of his
career, has entered an Existence Period - selling real estate in New
Jersey and mastering the high-wire act of normalcy. But over one
Fourth of July weekend, Frank is called into sudden, bewildering
engagement with life. Independence Day<
'It is nothing less than the story of the twentieth
century itself ... an extraordinary epic' The Times 'The best novel
out of America in many years, a funny, achingly sad account of a
father's disastrous outing with his son - and much else besides ...
Simply, a masterpiece' John Banville, Guardian 'Ford's mature prose
style, with its long, sinuous, lavishly articulate sentences, is now
one of the glories of modern American writing' Jonathan Raban,
Observer 'My novel of the year is Independence Day, the unexpectedly
symphonic sequel to The Sportswriter, which is coming to be seen as
the landmark American novel of the decade' Gordon Burn, Independent
P>I> is a moving, peerlessly funny odyssey
through America and through the layered consciousness of one of its
most compelling literary incarnations, conducted by a novelist of
extraordinary empathy and perception. <
Frank Bascombe, in the aftermath of his divorce and the ruin of his
career, has entered an Existence Period - selling real estate in New
Jersey and mastering the high-wire act of normalcy. But over one
Fourth of July weekend, Frank is called into sudden, bewildering
engagement with life. Independence Day<
