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It is fall, 2000 and Frank Bascombe has arrived at a state of optimistic pragmatism that he calls the Permanent Period of life. Epic mistakes have already been made, dreams downsized, and Frank reflects that now at least there are fewer opportunities left in life to get things wrong. But the tranquillity he anticipated is not to be. In fact, as Thanksgiving dinner with his children and first wife nears, the Permanent Period proves as full of possibility as life had ever been. In his third Frank Bascombe novel, Richard Ford contemplates the human character with wry precision. Graceful, expansive, filled with pathos but irresistibly funny, "The Lay of the Land" is a modern American masterpiece.
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`A massive, ruminative, poignant and cathartic novel ... it is a
masterly account of a modulating adult life ... astonishingly vivid' -- Independent on Sunday
`Engaging, brilliant, hugely sad and, of course, ultimately
uplifting. As with the other two, I'll read it again and again' -- William Leith, Evening Standard
`Sublime ... a richly textured, rolling and poetic voice' -- The Times
`The Lay of the Land confirms his status as one of the modern
American masters'
-- David Robson, Sunday Telegraph
`Wistful, bittersweet - and often very funny ... all the quiet
despairs and hopes of the human condition' -- Daily Telegraph
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masterly account of a modulating adult life ... astonishingly vivid' -- Independent on Sunday
`Engaging, brilliant, hugely sad and, of course, ultimately
uplifting. As with the other two, I'll read it again and again' -- William Leith, Evening Standard
`Sublime ... a richly textured, rolling and poetic voice' -- The Times
`The Lay of the Land confirms his status as one of the modern
American masters'
-- David Robson, Sunday Telegraph
`Wistful, bittersweet - and often very funny ... all the quiet
despairs and hopes of the human condition' -- Daily Telegraph
This is the follow-up to Ford's most acclaimed novels, both
featuring Frank Bascombe: The Sportswriter and Independence Day.
featuring Frank Bascombe: The Sportswriter and Independence Day.
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