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      The Lay of the Land

      by Richard Ford
      Published
      Nov 2006
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      Literary Literary
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      496
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      Frank Bascombe Book 3

      About This Book

      NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Independence Day and The Sportswriter brings back the unforgettable Frank Bascombe in this astonishing meditation on modern-day America.  

      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. An astonishing meditation on America today and filled with brilliant insights, The Lay of the Land is a magnificent achievement from one of the most celebrated chroniclers of our time.

      Also available in the Bascombe Trilogy: The Sportswriter and Independence Day

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      Book 3
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      General Fiction

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      Literary

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      Aug 2007 Vintage ISBN13 9780676977219 ISBN10 0676977219
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      Jul 2007 Bloomsbury (UK) ISBN13 9780747585992 ISBN10 0747585997
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      First Edition Nov 2006 Knopf ISBN13 9780679454687 ISBN10 0679454683
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      Oct 2006 Knopf (Canada) ISBN13 9780676972481 ISBN10 0676972489
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      Dec 2006 Bloomsbury (UK) ISBN13 9780747581888 ISBN10 0747581886
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      Oct 2006 Knopf ISBN13 9780307267122 ISBN10 0307267121
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