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The best novel out of America in many years, a funny, achingly sad account of a father's disastrous outing with his son and much else besides Simply, a masterpiece' JOHN BANVILLE, GUARDIAN

A FRANK BASCOMBE NOVEL

It is the Fourth of July weekend, and we meet Frank Bascombe in the throes of what he calls his Existence Period' selling real estate in New Jersey and mastering the high-wire act of normalcy. But as Independence Day arrives, Frank is called into a sudden, demanding engagement with his son and with his life.

Independence Day is a moving, peerlessly funny odyssey through America and through the layered consciousness of one of its most compelling literary incarnations, conducted by a novelist of extraordinary empathy and perception.

Independence Day is a book that leaves you feeling more uplifted, more consoled, than you did before reading it ... In Frank Bascombe, Ford has created a great American character

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 7/18/2024
      ISBN13: 9781526676139, 978-1526676139
      ISBN10: 1526676133
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The best novel out of America in many years, a funny, achingly sad account of a father's disastrous outing with his son and much else besides Simply, a masterpiece' JOHN BANVILLE, GUARDIAN

      A FRANK BASCOMBE NOVEL

      It is the Fourth of July weekend, and we meet Frank Bascombe in the throes of what he calls his Existence Period' selling real estate in New Jersey and mastering the high-wire act of normalcy. But as Independence Day arrives, Frank is called into a sudden, demanding engagement with his son and with his life.

      Independence Day is a moving, peerlessly funny odyssey through America and through the layered consciousness of one of its most compelling literary incarnations, conducted by a novelist of extraordinary empathy and perception.

      Independence Day is a book that leaves you feeling more uplifted, more consoled, than you did before reading it ... In Frank Bascombe, Ford has created a great American character

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