Literary Fiction · ThoughtfulA real estate agent's Fourth of July weekend
Independence Day
by Richard Ford
One holiday weekend in the life of a New Jersey real estate agent
Frank Bascombe is a real estate agent in New Jersey and a former sportswriter. Over the Fourth of July weekend he visits his ex-wife, his troubled son, his current girlfriend, the tenants of one of his properties and clients who are looking for a house. A car trip with his son to the Basketball and Baseball Halls of Fame is at the center of the story.
More about this book
Who
Frank Bascombe, a real estate agent, with his ex-wife, his son, his girlfriend, his tenants and his clients.
World
New Jersey over the Independence Day holiday weekend.
What makes it different
It is the second of five Frank Bascombe books, after The Sportswriter. In 1996 it was the first novel to win both the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award.
Feel
A relaxed, talkative novel about middle age and what a man owes to the people around him.
Page count and cover shown for: Selected edition
Further reading
- Independence DayWikipedia