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The Sportswriter is a 1986 novel by Richard Ford, and the first of five books of fiction to feature the protagonist Frank Bascombe. [1] In The Sportswriter, Bascombe is portrayed as a failed novelist turned sportswriter who undergoes an existential crisis following the death of his son.
The novel focuses heavily on moral issues, a possible projection of the details of Conrad and Ford's conversations into the literary realm. As seen in other works, particularly written by Conrad, the subject matter of this novel delves deep into the recesses of the nature of man and the rationalization of action and thought, allowing the novel ...
"Mr. Ford's tendency to write in chin-stroking proverbs has brought him critics. . . but what's important is less the truth of these utterances than the extent to which Frank relies on them. In Mr. Ford's hands, clichés become koans, simultaneously resonant and hollow depending on one's fortunes at the time, and to Frank they double as sound ...
As well as being Ford's début novel, this book was the first in a series of 12 books based on the character Leo Waterman, a detective living and working in Seattle, Washington. In 2001, Ford introduced the character Frank Corso in the novel Fury. This novel showed a different approach in Ford's writing style. [5]
Independence Day is a 1995 novel by Richard Ford and the sequel to Ford's 1986 novel The Sportswriter. This novel is the second in what is now a five-part series, the first being The Sportswriter . It was followed by The Lay of the Land (2006), Let Me Be Frank With You (2014) and Be Mine (2023). [ 1 ]
The Lay of the Land takes place in the fall of 2000, and Ford's character Frank Bascome is preparing for Thanksgiving at his home in Sea Clift, New Jersey.His son Paul, who is now a greeting card designer in Kansas City, Paul's girlfriend, who has only one hand, and Frank's daughter, Clarissa, who is an on-and-off lesbian, are all expected to attend.
In "Requiescat in Pace, John M. Ford", Eric Burns suggests that the popularity of Ford's inside look at Klingon culture, and his positive portrayal of Klingons as an honorable people by their own lights (not simply stock villains), also influenced the canonical depiction in later incarnations of Star Trek, paving the way for honor-driven Klingons like Worf, and episodes that would likewise ...
Canada is a 2012 novel by American author Richard Ford. [1] The novel follows 15-year-old Dell Parsons, who must learn to fend for himself after his parents are arrested for robbing a bank. [2] The book also re-visits Great Falls, Montana, a setting that Ford frequently uses in his work. [3] It was Ford's first "stand alone" novel since ...