Book description
I>, 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 brilliantly and hilariously observant,
through Independence Day
and The Lay of the Land
, witnessing his fortune s rise and his family s fragmentation and
reintegration. With finely honed prose and an eye that captures the most
subtle nuances of the human condition in all its pathos, humour, beauty
and strangeness, Richard Ford transforms Frank Bascombe s life into a
riveting moving parable of life in America today. I>, Independence
DayThe Sportswriter<
I>, 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 brilliantly and hilariously
observant, through Independence Day and The Lay of the
Land, witnessing his fortune s rise and his family s fragmentation
and reintegration. With finely honed prose and an eye that captures
the most subtle nuances of the human condition in all its pathos,
humour, beauty and strangeness, Richard Ford transforms Frank Bascombe
s life into a riveting moving parable of life in America today. I>,
Independence DayThe Sportswriter<
