The Lay of the Land
β Scribed by Ford, Richard
- Book ID
- 108614386
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 410 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780307267122
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β¦ Synopsis
NATIONAL BESTSELLERNational Book Critics Circle Award FinalistA New York Times Best Book of the YearA sportswriter and a real estate agent, husband and father βFrank Bascombe has been many things to many people. His uncertain youth behind him, we follow him through three days during the autumn of 2000, when his trade as a realtor on the Jersey Shore is thriving. But as a presidential election hangs in the balance, and a postnuclear-family Thanksgiving looms before him, Frank discovers that what he terms βthe Permanent Periodβ is fraught with unforeseen perils. An astonishing meditation on America today and filled with brilliant insights, The Lay of the Land is a magnificent achievement from one of the most celebrated chroniclers of our time.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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After more than a decade, Richard Ford revives Frank Bascombe, the beloved protagonist from The Sportswriter and Independence Day. Fans will be scrambling for The Lay of the Land, a novel that finds Bascombe contending with health, marital, and familial issues wake of the 2000 presidential election.
After more than a decade, Richard Ford revives Frank Bascombe, the beloved protagonist from The Sportswriter and Independence Day. Fans will be scrambling for The Lay of the Land, a novel that finds Bascombe contending with health, marital, and familial issues wake of the 2000 presidential election.
**NATIONAL BESTSELLER National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist A *New York Times* Best Book of the Year** A sportswriter and a real estate agent, husband and father βFrank Bascombe has been many things to many people. His uncertain youth behind him, we follow him through three days during t
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