In 2006, shortly after publication of “The Lay of the Land,” the third novel to feature Frank Bascombe, Richard Ford was asked on “PBS NewsHour” whether he would be bringing his character back for yet another encore appearance. Like other connoisseurs of white American male angst — John Updike with Harry Angstrom, Philip Roth with Nathan Zuckerman, and Louis Begley with Albert Schmidt — Ford has created a longitudinal study of a single character who serves as a cultural barometer, the “measure of national mood and humor” that Bascombe himself contends talk radio is. A former sportswriter, novelist, teacher and real estate agent who seasons his narration with allusions to W.H.
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