{"product_id":"9781526676061","title":"Let Me Be Frank With You : A Frank Bascombe Book","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Ford, Richard \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 18 July 2024 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 256 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 127 x 15 | 188g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A work of understated power, intelligence and not a little mischief’ INDEPENDENT‘Funny, touching and profound’ FINANCIAL TIMES‘Another seemingly effortless Ford masterpiece’ DAILY MAILChristmas brings Frank Bascombe to the Default Period of his life. Now sixty-eight, Frank resides again in the New Jersey suburb of Haddam, and has thrived – seemingly but not utterly – amid the devastations of Hurricane Sandy, which has left countless lives unmoored, and is remarkably the perfect occasion for Ford and Bascombe to relay four Christmas stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a flawless comedic sensibility and unblinking intelligence,  Ford ranges over the full complement of universal subjects:  ageing, race, loss, faith, marriage, the real estate debacle –  the tumult of the world we live in.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45726976835843,"sku":"9781526676061","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781526676061.jpg?v=1731349119","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.live\/products\/9781526676061","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}