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Overview
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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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780679762102
- ISBN-10: 0679762108
- Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publish Date: June 1995
- Dimensions: 7.94 x 5.28 x 0.85 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.6 pounds
- Page Count: 384
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