{"product_id":"9780747585992","title":"The Lay of the Land","description":"Author: Ford, Richard\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780747585992\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 12 Jul 2007\u003cbr\u003ePages: 736 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is fall, 2000, and Frank Bascombe has arrived at a state of optimistic pragmatism that he calls the Permanent Period of life. Epic mistakes have already been made, dreams downsized, and Frank reflects that now at least there are fewer opportunities left in life to get things wrong. But the tranquillity he anticipated is not to be. In fact, as Thanksgiving dinner with his children and first wife nears, the Permanent Period proves as full of possibility as life had ever been.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his third Frank Bascombe novel Richard Ford contemplates the human character with wry precision. Graceful, expansive, filled with pathos but irresistibly funny, \u003ci\u003eThe Lay of the Land\u003c\/i\u003e is a modern American masterpiece.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46616112300190,"sku":"UBD-9780747585992","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780747585992.jpg?v=1773809385","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780747585992","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}