Let Me Be Frank with You

Brief Description: Ford reinvents Bascombe in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. In four richly luminous narratives, Bascombe attempts to reconcile, interpret and console a world undone by calamity. It is a moving and wondrous and extremely funny odyssey through the America people live in at this moment. Publisher Marketing: A brilliant new work that returns Richard Ford to the hallowed territory that sealed his reputation as an American master: the world of Frank Bascombe and the landscape of his celebrated novels "The Sportswriter," the Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner winning "Independence Day," and "The Lay of the Land"In his trio of world-renowned novels portraying the life of an entire American generation, Richard Ford has imagined one of the most indelible and widely discussed characters in modern literature, Frank Bascombe. Through Bascombe protean, funny, profane, wise, often inappropriate we ve witnessed the aspirations, sorrows, longings, achievements, and failings of an American life in the twilight of the twentieth century. Now, in" Let Me Be Frank with You," Ford reinvents Bascombe in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. In four richly luminous narratives, Bascombe (and Ford) attempts to reconcile, interpret, and console a world undone by calamity. It is a moving and wondrous and extremely funny odyssey through the America we live in at this moment. Ford is here again working with the maturity and brilliance of a writer at the absolute height of his powers." Review Citations:

Audio File 02/01/2015 pg. 41 (EAN 9781483029214, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review

Contributor Bio:  Ford, Richard Richard Ford is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of the "New York Times "bestselling novel "Canada", as well as "The Bascombe Novels" and the story collections "A Multitude of Sins" and" Rock Springs". Published in more than twenty-five countries, his books have won many prestigious international awards and been widely anthologized. He lives in Boothbay, Maine, with his wife, Kristina Ford. Contributor Bio:  Poe, Richard Richard Poe has worked extensively in movies, television, and on Broadway. He is best known for his portrayal of Gul Evek in three different "Star Trek" series: "Star Trek: The Next Generation", "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", and "Star Trek: Voyager". He has narrated dozens of audiobooks and earned eleven AudioFile Earphones Awards.