The Sportswriter: Bascombe Trilogy (1) -- Richard Ford, Paperback

To coordinate with the publication of its long-awaited sequel, Independence Day, Vintage is reissuing this novel. In the course of one Easter week, Frank Bascombe, a former novelist who now supports himself writing about men who live more successfully within themselves, walks the treacherous line between elation and searing regret. Profile in Vanity Fair.

Author: Richard Ford
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 06/13/1995
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.94h x 5.28w x 0.85d
ISBN: 9780679762102

Review Citation(s):
Men's Journal 06/01/2012 pg. 48

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.