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Let Me Be Frank With You (2014)

by Richard Ford(Favorite Author)

3.91 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0061692069 (ISBN13: 9780061692062)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Ecco

series

Frank Bascombe

review 1: I guess you have to be of a certain age to like the Bascombe series--of which this is the latest, outside the previous trilogy--but still an extension of them. And I am of that age. Ford captures the America and the American-ness of those of us between about 65 and 75 (I am 72) perfectly and with a chuckle out loud humor and wicked insight that doesn't permit putting these Post Super Storm Sandy stories down.
review 2: Richard Ford has a delightful impish sense of humor and this set of four connected short stories about a retiree in New Jersey post-Hurricane Sandy treads lightly and knowingfully on such "senior" topics as health annoyances, estrangement from children who seem to be from a different planet, relationships with ex-spouses and the decrepitude of fr... moreiends. An enjoyable short novel especially relatable for aging Baby Boomers. less

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