{"product_id":"let-me-be-frank-with-you-9780061692062","title":"Let Me Be Frank with You","description":"\u003cp\u003eFinalist for the Pulitzer Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA brilliant new work that returns Richard Ford to the hallowed territory that sealed his reputation as an American master: the world of Frank Bascombe, and the landscape of his celebrated novels \u003cem\u003eThe Sportswriter, \u003c\/em\u003ethe Pulitzer Prize and PEN\/Faulkner winning \u003cem\u003eIndependence Day\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Lay of the Land.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his trio of world-acclaimed novels portraying the life of an entire American generation, Richard Ford has imagined one of the most indelible and widely discussed characters in modern literature, Frank Bascombe. Through Bascombe--protean, funny, profane, wise, often inappropriate--we've witnessed the aspirations, sorrows, longings, achievements and failings of an American life in the twilight of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, in \u003cem\u003eLet Me Be Frank with You\u003c\/em\u003e, Ford reinvents Bascombe in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. In four richly luminous narratives, Bascombe (and Ford) attempts to reconcile, interpret and console a world undone by calamity. It is a moving and wondrous and extremely funny odyssey through the America we live in at this moment. Ford is here again working with the maturity and brilliance of a writer at the absolute height of his powers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061692062\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.40w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Pulitzer Prize - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2014 pg. 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/18\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews Fall Preview\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2014 pg. 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2014 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2014 pg. 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/07\/2014 pg. 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/14\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/16\/2014 pg. 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/23\/2014 pg. 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2014 pg. 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNY Times Notable Bks of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/07\/2014 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/18\/2014 pg. 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Richard Ford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43096012751029,"sku":"9780061692062","price":23.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_83c4de18-604f-4218-b6ef-0012077e1914.jpg?v=1692800841","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/let-me-be-frank-with-you-9780061692062","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}