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The sportswriter

  • Richard Ford,
  • Richard Ford

3.67

3 ratings

In the aftermath of his divorce and the death of his son, Frank Bascombe struggles to come to terms with failure and tries to find consolation in the arms of a new girlfriend. What he hoped would be an idyllic adventure turns into a succession of calamities.

Genres

  • Fiction
  • Sportswriters
  • Divorced men
  • 18.06 Anglo-American literature
  • Fiction, general
  • Divorced people, fiction
  • Authors, fiction
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About the authors

  • Richard Ford

    3.50

    4 ratings · 132 works

  • Richard Ford

    born 1944

    3.55

    11 ratings · 133 works

Editions

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    Recorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing

    Jun 19, 2007

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    Bloomsbury

    2006

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    Collins Harvill

    1986

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    1st American hardcover ed.

    Alfred A. Knopf

    1996

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1st ed.

Vintage Books

1986

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    2nd ed

    Vintage Books

    1995

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    Vintage

    1995

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    Vintage Books

    1985

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    Flamingo

    1987

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    Flamingo

    1995