{"product_id":"independence-day-bascombe-trilogy-2-9780679735182","title":"Independence Day: Bascombe Trilogy (2)","description":"\u003cb\u003ePULITZER PRIZE WINNER - PEN\/FAULKNER AWARD WINNER - INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - From one of his generation's greatest writers comes the sequel to \u003ci\u003eThe Sportswriter, \u003c\/i\u003e starring Frank Bascombe, who \"has earned a place beside Willy Loman and Harry Angstrom in our literary landscape ... with a wry wit and a fin de siècle wisdom that is very much his own\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrank Bascombe, in the aftermath of his divorce and the ruin of his career, has entered an \"Existence Period,\" selling real estate in Haddam, New Jersey, and mastering the high-wire act of normalcy. But over one Fourth of July weekend, Frank is called into sudden, bewildering engagement with life.\u003cbr\u003eIndependence 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 astonishing empathy and perception.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRICHARD FORD is the author of six novels and three collections of stories. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN\/Faulkner Award for \u003ci\u003eIndependence Day\u003c\/i\u003e and the PEN\/Malamud Award for excellence in short fiction. Ford's best known titles are \u003ci\u003eThe Sportswriter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIndependence Day\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lay of the Land\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLet Me Be Frank with You. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51259846361362,"sku":"9780679735182","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6baf193b-354f-47d0-a4c8-9bac2c48b293.jpg?v=1746629110","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/independence-day-bascombe-trilogy-2-9780679735182","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}