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THE SPORTSWRITER
By: Richard Ford

Vintage
June 1995
On Sale: June 13, 1995
384 pages
ISBN: 0679762108
EAN: 9780679762102
Trade Size (reprint)
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Literature and Fiction | Fiction

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.

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