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Richard Ford
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The Lay of the Land |
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No copies available |
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English |
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Paperback |
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736 |
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2007-06-18 |
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0747585997 |
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
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0.9 pounds |
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5.08 x 0.98 x 7.8 inches |
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New edition |
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Product Description
Frank Bascombe has arrived at a state of optimistic pragmatism that he calls the Permanent Period of life. Frank reflects that now there are fewer opportunities left in life to get things wrong. As Thanksgiving dinner with his children and first wife nears, the Permanent Period proves as full of possibility as life had ever been.
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B. Moocher (Australia) (2009/01/04):
After more than a decade, Richard Ford revives Frank Bascombe, the beloved protagonist from The Sportswriter and Independence Day. Fans will be scrambling for The Lay of the Land, a novel that finds Bascombe contending with health, marital, and familial issues wake of the 2000 presidential election. We asked Richard Ford to tell us a little more about what it's like to create (and share so much time with) a character like Frank. Read his short essay below. --Daphne Durham
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http://bookmooch.com/0747585997 |
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