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Independence Day: Bascombe Trilogy (2)

By Richard Ford

Book information

Publisher
Vintage
Year
1996
ISBN
0679735186, 9780679735182
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
651 kB (666882 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
464\0
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

The Pulitzer-Prize Winning novel for 1996.In this visionary sequel to The Sportswriter, Richard Ford deepens his portrait of one of the most unforgettable characters in American fiction, and in so doing gives us an indelible portrait of America.Frank Bascombe, in the aftermath of his divorce and the ruin of his career, has entered an "Existence Period," selling real estate in Haddam, 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 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 astonishing empathy and perception.

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