Search - Independence Day (Vintage Contemporaries)

Did you ever read a book that took you eons to slog through? I know it's a Pulitzer winner and it was well written with attention to detail. Details were vividly described. But the ennui of the main character was too easily picked up by this reader.

I read it, but it was slow going. Far too much detail, and too long for everything to come together.

The main guy (I didn't read the Sportswriter but apparently it's the same character) is a very deep thinker. He analyzes everything. And the analytical part can be quite revealing. But most of the time I felt like I couldn't really relate because I'm a female and younger than he is in the Existence Period. I am a parent and a lot of his questioning & analysis I could relate to on that. The whole story is him taking his son on a trip for Independence Day so it all takes place over the course of like 3 days so it's very detailed and pretty slow moving.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, the book by Ford is heralded for reflecting a slice of Americana through his protagonist, Frank Bascombe.