The Sportswriter Author: Richard Ford
	Book Information Publisher: Random House Value Publishing Book Type: Hardcover Members Wishing: 3 Rating: ? ISBN-13: 9780517307915 - ISBN-10: 051730791X Publication Date: 5/13/1998

As a sportswriter, Frank Bascombe makes his living studying people--men, mostly--who live entirely within themselves. This is a condition that Frank himself aspires to. But at thirty-eight, he suffers from incurable dreaminess, occasional pounding of the heart, and the not-too-distant losses of a career, a son, and a marriage. In the course of the Easter week in which Ford's moving novel transpires, Bascombe will end up losing the remnants of his familiar life, though with his spirits soaring.


From the Trade Paperback edition.