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Loading... The Sportswriter: Bascombe Trilogy (1) (original 1986; edition 1995)by Richard Ford
Work InformationThe Sportswriter by Richard Ford (1986)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This is the self absorbed ramblings of a lost man searching for meaning while championing all of his mechanisms to avoid any depth or meaning in his life. Despite that the book does engage and provide some thought provoking ideas. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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As a sportswriter, Frank Bascombe makes his living studying peopleâ??men, mostlyâ??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 so No library descriptions found.
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