Frank Bascombe, in the aftermath of his divorce and the ruin of his career, has entered an 'Existence Period' - selling real estate in New Jersey and mastering the high-wire act of normalcy. But over one Fourth of July weekend, Frank is called into sudden, bewildering engagement with life. Independence Day is a moving, peerlessly funny odyssey through America and through the layered consciousness of one of its most compelling literary incarnations, conducted by a novelist of extraordinary empathy and perception.
Richard Ford
The Lay Of The Land
$19.95 – Trade paperback / Bloomsbury
The new masterpiece from one of America's greatest novelists. Frank Bascombe is back. The protagonist of Richard Ford's acclaimed novels, The Sportswriter and Independence Day, is now in his late middle age. Recovering f... Buy or find out more →
Sportswriter
$23.95 – Paperback book / Bloomsbury
Frank Bascombe has a younger girlfriend and a job as a sportswriter. To many men of his age, thirty-eight, this would be a cause for optimism, yet Frank feels the pull of his inner despair and especially of his recent lo... Buy or find out more →
Independence Day
$23.95 – Paperback book / Bloomsbury
Frank Bascombe, in the aftermath of his divorce and the ruin of his career, has entered an 'Existence Period' - selling real estate in New Jersey and mastering the high-wire act of normalcy. But over one Fourth of July w... Buy or find out more →