Name: Dean Peterson's review of The Sportswriter by Richard Ford
Item: The Sportswriter
Rating: 4
Author: Dean Peterson

Richard Ford

As a sportswriter, Frank Bascombe makes his living studying people--men, mostly--who live entirely within themselves. This is a condition that Frank himself aspires to. But at thirty-eight, he suffers from incurable dreaminess, occasional pounding of the heart, and the not-too-distant losses of a career, a son, and a marriage. In the course of the Easter week in which Ford's moving novel transpires, Bascombe will end up losing the remnants of his familiar life, though with his spirits soaring.

The Sportswriter

Dean Peterson

Jeff Brown 

I’ve tried for several days to come up with the ultimate review of this book. But what it means to me means little to you. Sorry.

Yes, this story is about the week in the life of a divorced sportswriter whose child passed away a few years previous. I was a sportswriter for 12 years, but I haven’t been divorced nor lost a child. Frank didn’t know much about sports, but loved the human-interest story. I was the opposite.

But in reality, this book had very little to do about sports and all about life. Frank was 38 in this story, but I saw myself in my 20s, in my 30-40s, and even now in Frank’s tale. Wonderfully written and will mean more to those that are able to connect.

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Frank Bascombe has a younger girlfriend and a job as a sportswriter. To many men of his age, thirty-eight, this would be a cause for optimism, yet Frank feels the pull of his inner despair and especially of his recent losses - his preferred career has ended, his wife has divorced him, and a tragic accident took his elder son. In the course of this Easter weekend, Frank will lose all the remnants of his familiar life, though he will emerge heroic with spirits soaring. This is a magnificent novel that propelled Richard Ford into the first rank of American writers.

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