The Lay of the Land

Wow. A new Richard Ford novel, and a Frank Bascombe story at that. This one comes out about a month from now, and I've already got mine on pre-order. All I can say is, Thank God this is coming out a month before the Pynchon novel. Man, I feel like I'm 23 years old again. The Sportswriter changed my life when I first read it back in 1987. Probably for the worse, but the point is, it changed. Who knows? Maybe I'll find my way out of this fog I'm in as Frank finds his way out of his. Does Richard Ford belong in the same group as Pynchon, Don B, and WP? Yep, Yeah, for me he does, absolutely. This really does look like the best one yet.