Independence day / by Richard Ford.

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Like most people Frank Bascombe of New Jersey, a divorced realtor, has plans for the Fourth of July weekend: find a new home for a client, see his semi-girlfriend and take his son to a sports hall of fame. Instead, one disappointment follows another, but he takes them in his stride--philosophically....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ford, Richard, 1944- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : A.A. Knopf, 1995.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Ford, Richard, 1944- Frank Bascombe book.
Subjects:
Real estate agents > Fiction.
Fathers and sons > Fiction.
Divorced men > Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Divorced men.
Fathers and sons.
Real estate agents.
New Jersey > Fiction.
New Jersey.
Genre:
Fiction.
Local Note:
MSU: Presentation copy signed by Richard Ford.
MSU: Gift of Richard Ford.
Physical Description:451 pages ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
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Summary:
Like most people Frank Bascombe of New Jersey, a divorced realtor, has plans for the Fourth of July weekend: find a new home for a client, see his semi-girlfriend and take his son to a sports hall of fame. Instead, one disappointment follows another, but he takes them in his stride--philosophically. By the author of The Sportswriter.
Note:Presentation copy in green slipcase and binding.
Binding signed: B. E. Trice.
Call Number:PS3556.O713 I53 1995i
XX
Awards:Pulitzer Prize, Fiction, 1996.
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, 1996.