Book Review: Independence Day - Richard Ford
I’ve just completed Richard Ford’s Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘Independence Day’, and I have to admit it left me a bit cold. The novel forms the middle part of a trilogy of large-ish books (beginning with ‘The Sportswriter’ and ending with ‘The Lay of the Land’) narrated by a notionally ordinary [...]
‘Realty’ and realism: the inner life of Frank Bascombe
March 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Fiction
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