The Sportswriter: Bascombe Trilogy (1) (Bascombe, #1) (Flamingo S.) (Harvill Panther S.)

by Richard Ford

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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.
  • ISBN10 0307763706
  • ISBN13 9780307763709
  • Publish Date 10 November 2010 (first published 12 February 1986)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Random House USA Inc
  • Imprint Vintage Books
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 384
  • Language English