The lay of the land / by Richard Ford.

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"A sportswriter and a real estate agent, husband and father--Frank Bascombe has been many things to many people. His uncertain youth behind him, we follow him through three days during the autumn of 2000, when his trade as a realtor on the Jersey Shore is thriving. But as a presidential election han...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ford, Richard, 1944-
Other Authors: Ford, Kristina, 1946- (Dedicatee)
Language:English
Published: Toronto : Vintage Canada, 2007.
Edition:Vintage Canada edition.
Subjects:
Real estate agents > Fiction.
Middle-aged men > Fiction.
Prostate > Cancer > Patients > Fiction.
Divorced men > Family relationships > Fiction.
New Jersey > Fiction.
Bascombe, Frank > (Fictitious character)
Psychological fiction, American.
Domestic fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.
Psychological fiction, American.
Domestic fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Local Note:
MSU: Copies 1 & 2 gift of Richard Ford.
Binding Information:
Perfect bound.
Physical Description:485 pages ; 21 cm
Format: Book
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Summary:
"A sportswriter and a real estate agent, husband and father--Frank Bascombe has been many things to many people. His uncertain youth behind him, we follow him through three days during the autumn of 2000, when his trade as a realtor on the Jersey Shore is thriving. But as a presidential election hangs in the balance, and a post-nuclear family Thanksgiving looms before him, Frank discovers that what he terms the "Permanent Period" is fraught with unforeseen perils."--From back cover.
Note:Sequel to Independence Day.
Call Number:PS3556.O713 L39 2007c
ISBN:9780676977219
0676977219