The Sportswriter

New York: Vintage Contemporaries/Vintage Books, (1986).

Price: $30.00

Softcover. First edition. Pictorial wrappers. Pages lightly age-toned, creases and smudge on first few pages, tear on front wrapper, a good only copy. Ford's breakout book, and a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.

Item #411950
ISBN: 0394743253

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The Sportswriter. Richard FORD.

Richard Ford
birth name: Richard Ford
born: 2/16/1944

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American writer of novels and short stories.more

Collecting tips:

Richard Ford is a wonderful writer. His first two books, A Piece of My Heart (1976) and The Ultimate Good Luck (1981 - poorly constructed, the rear hinge is almost always cracked - or repaired) are moderately expensive in fine condition. His breakthrough novel, The Sportswriter (1986) was published by Vintage Contemporaries in paperback, and in considerable numbers, so while it is not by any means rare, the paper tends to yellow easily, so copies with bright, white pages are harder to find than one might think. This novel set the state for his next novel to feature the same protagonist, Independence Day (1995) which won both the Pulitzer and the PEN/Faulkner awards. It is not particularly expensive.more