" An extraordinary epic.... nothing less than the story of the twentieth century itself." -- "The Times"
" Frank Bascombe has earned a place beside Willy Loman and Harry Angstrom in our literary landscape...with a wry wit and a fin de sie cle wisdom that is very much his own." -- "The New York Times Book Review"
" Each flash of magical dialogue, every rumination a wild surprise.... "Independence Day" is a confirmation of a talent as strong and varied as American fiction has to offer." -- "The New York Review of Books
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" A Babe Ruth of novelists.... One of the finest curators of the great American living museum." -- "Washington Post Book World"
" One of his generation's most eloquent voices." -- Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times"
-An extraordinary epic.... nothing less than the story of the twentieth century itself.- --
The Times -Frank Bascombe has earned a place beside Willy Loman and Harry Angstrom in our literary landscape...with a wry wit and a fin de siecle wisdom that is very much his own.- --
The New York Times Book Review -Each flash of magical dialogue, every rumination a wild surprise....
Independence Day is a confirmation of a talent as strong and varied as American fiction has to offer.- --
The New York Review of Books
-A Babe Ruth of novelists.... One of the finest curators of the great American living museum.- --
Washington Post Book World -One of his generation's most eloquent voices.- -- Michiko Kakutani,
The New York Times"An extraordinary epic.... nothing less than the story of the twentieth century itself." --
The Times "Frank Bascombe has earned a place beside Willy Loman and Harry Angstrom in our literary landscape...with a wry wit and a fin de siecle wisdom that is very much his own." --
The New York Times Book Review "Each flash of magical dialogue, every rumination a wild surprise....
Independence Day is a confirmation of a talent as strong and varied as American fiction has to offer." --
The New York Review of Books
"A Babe Ruth of novelists.... One of the finest curators of the great American living museum." --
Washington Post Book World "One of his generation's most eloquent voices." -- Michiko Kakutani,
The New York Times