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The Sportswriter

(1986)
(The first book in the Frank Bascombe series)
A novel by

 
 
Awards
PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction Best Book (nominee)
In the aftermath of his divorce and the death of his son, Frank Bascombe struggles to come to terms with failure and tries to find consolation in the arms of a new girlfriend. What he hoped would be an idyllic adventure turns into a succession of calamities.


Genre: Literary Fiction

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