Richard Ford returns with four deftly linked Christmas stories narrated by the iconic Frank Bascombe. Now sixty-eight, Frank resides again in the New Jersey suburb of Haddam, and has thrived – seemingly but not utterly – amidst the devastations of Hurricane Sandy. The desolations of Sandy, which left countless lives unmoored, are the perfect backdrop for Ford – and Bascombe. With a flawless comedic sensibility and unblinking intelligence, these stories range over the full complement of universal subjects: ageing, race, loss, faith, marriage, the real estate debacle – the tumult of the world we live in.
| ISBN: | 9781408853597 |
| Publication date: | 10th September 2015 |
| Author: | Richard Ford |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |