The Sportswriter.
by FORD, Richard
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394743253
- ISBN 13
- 9780394743257
- Seller
-
Edmonds, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Vintage Books, 1986. First edition / First printing. A paperbound original. Illustrated wrappers. Near fine, with toning to the page edges. The first book in the Bascombe series. Ford's breakthrough book. He won the Pulitzer Prize for the second installment: Independence Day.
Synopsis
The author of five novels and two collections of stories, Richard Ford was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Independence Day , the first book to win both prizes. In 2001 he received the PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in short fiction.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Orpheus Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17247
- Title
- The Sportswriter.
- Author
- FORD, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Illustrated wrappers.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition / First printing. A paperbound original.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0394743253
- ISBN 13
- 9780394743257
- Publisher
- Vintage Books,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1986.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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