The Sportswriter

FORD,R

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Author
FORD,R
Publish Date
06/01/1995
Book Type
paperback
Publisher Name
RNDMHSE
Subtitle
Bascombe Trilogy (1)
Number of Pages
375
Edition
Cover Folded, Pages Wrinkled
ISBN-10
0679762108
ISBN-13
9780679762102
SKU
9780679762102

Description

In this “powerful” blockbuster of a novel (The New York Times), the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Independence Day introduces his most beloved character, failed novelist turned sportswriter Frank Bascombe, during an Easter weekend, as he moves through the great losses of his life.

As a sportswriter, Frank Bascombe makes his living studying people—men, mostly—who live entirely within themselves. This is a condition that Frank himself aspires to. But at thirty-eight, he suffers from incurable dreaminess, occasional pounding of the heart, and the not-too-distant losses of a career, a son, and a marriage. In the course of the Easter week in which Ford's moving novel transpires, Bascombe will end up losing the remnants of his familiar life, though with his spirits soaring.