This is a trilogy of brilliant novels
- The Sportswriter" " Independence Day" & " The Lay of the Land"
- that charts the life & times of one of the most beloved & enduring characters in modern fiction. When we meet Frank Bascombe in " The Sportswriter" his unguarded voice instantly wins us over & pulls us into a life that has been irrevocably changed
- by the loss of a marriage a career a child. We then follow Frank ever laconic & observant through " Independence Day" & " The Lay of the Land". ' In Haddam summer floats over tree-softened streets like a sweet lotion balm from a careless languorous god & the world falls in tune with its own mysterious anthems. Shaded lawns lie still & damp in the early a.m.'
- " Independence Day"."