The Bascombe Novels

(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)

A trilogy of brilliant novels—The Sportswriter, Independence Day, and The Lay of the Land—that charts the life and times of one of the most beloved and enduring characters in modern fiction.

When we meet Frank Bascombe in The Sportswriter, his unguarded voice instantly wins us over and pulls us into a life that has been irrevocably changed—by the loss of a marriage, a career, a child. We then follow Frank, ever laconic and observant, through Independence Day and The Lay of the Land, witnessing his fortunes rise and his familys fragmentation. With finely honed prose and an eye that captures the most subtle nuances of the human condition—all its pathos and beauty and strangeness—Ford transforms this ordinary mans life into a riveting, moving parable of life in America today.

This trilogy--"The Sportswriter, Independence Day," and "The Lay of the Land"--charts the life and times of one of the most enduring characters in modern fiction: Frank Bascombe. With finely honed prose that captures the nuances of the human condition, Ford transforms this ordinary man's actions into a riveting, moving parable of life.

Richard Ford is the author of six novels and three collections of stories. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Independence Day and the PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in short fiction. He lives in New York and Maine.