Sports Writer - Hardcover

Ford, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679454519 ISBN 13: 9780679454519

Publisher: Random House USA Inc, 1996

Synopsis

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.
From the Trade Paperback edition.

About this title

Review:

'Richard Ford’s sportswriter is a rare bird in life and nearly extinct in fiction’ -- Tobias Wolfe

‘A devastating chronicle of contemporary alienation’ -- New York Times

‘Ford is a masterful writer’ -- Raymond Carver

‘Richard Ford is one of the best writers in America. Potentially the very best’ -- Gordon Burn

‘This remarkable elegiac novel contemplates the desperate sadness of life with a profound and humorous dignity. It is an original and admirable achievement’ -- Evening Standard

About the Author:

The author of five novels and two collections of stories, Richard Ford was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Independence Day, the first book to win both prizes. In 2001, he received the PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in short fiction. Ford is the author of the Bascombe novels, which include The Sportswriter and its sequels, Independence Day and The Lay of the Land. He lives in Boothbay, Maine.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House USA Inc
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0679454519
• ISBN 13: 9780679454519
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 375