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A novel continuing the story of Frank Bascomb, the hero of THE SPORTSWRITER, a middle-class, middle-aged American who is estranged from his wife and who prepares to take his fifteen year old son on a two-day driving trip over the Independence Day weekend, in order to visit halls of fame and have heart-to heart conversations.
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" 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
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" 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
"
" 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
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction 1995, and the
PEN/Faulkner Award; Sequel to the masterly novel The Sportswriter
PEN/Faulkner Award; Sequel to the masterly novel The Sportswriter
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- PublisherThe Harvill Press
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 1860460208
- ISBN 13 9781860460203
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages448
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