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The Lay of the Land
by Richard Ford
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Frank Bascombe, the protagonist of Richard Ford's breakout novel, THE SPORTSWRITER, and his acclaimed INDEPENDENCE DAY (the only novel to win both the Pulitzer and the PEN/Faulkner), returns in THE LAY OF THE LAND. Though Bascombe's youthful disillusion and detachment have faded into the malaise of his "permanent period," Bascombe, with muted desperation, still seeks meaning in his life. Set at Thanksgiving during Bill Clinton's final days in office, THE LAY OF THE LAND marvelously portrays Bascombe's pained ambivalence about his grown children, his job, and the end of middle age.
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Random House,
2006
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Publisher Notes
A follow-up to The Sportswriter and Independence Day once again picks up the story of Frank Bascombe in the fall of 2000, with the results of the presidential election still hanging in the balance and Frank confronted by the perils of Thanksgiving, as he contends with health, marital, and family issues and works as a realtor at the Jersey shore. Simultaneous.
Media Reviews
"The third and most eventful novel in the Frank Bascombe series takes a whiplash turn from comedy (occasionally slapstick) toward tragedy.... Frank Bascombe is for Ford what Rabbit Angstrom is for Updike." [Starred review.]
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