num_pages: 375
description: 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 still soaring.
language: English
title: The Sportswriter
titlecomplete: The Sportswriter (Frank Bascombe, #1)
characters: Walter Luckett, Vicki Arcenault, Frank Bascombe
genres: American, Literary Fiction, Novels, American Fiction, Literature, Sports, Classics, The United States Of America, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 18684
places: New Jersey, Detroit, Michigan
series: Frank Bascombe
awards: awardedAt: 536486400000
name: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award
category: Literature
publisher: Random House/Vintage Contemporaries