- Fiction, Sportswriters, Divorced men, 18.06 Anglo-American literature
In the aftermath of his divorce and the death of his son, Frank Bascombe struggles to come to terms with failure and tries to find consolation in the arms of a new girlfriend. What he hoped would be an idyllic adventure turns into a succession of calamities.
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Classical in form, spare, contemporary and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Richard Ford, Richard Ford
- First published
- 1985
- Pages
- 375
- Publisher
- Vintage, Alfred A. Knopf, Recorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780679762102
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