Be Mine: A Frank Bascombe Novel by Richard Ford

Be Mine: A Frank Bascombe Novel Reviews

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  James P. Oliver

  It’s hard to be objective about Frank Bascombe, he’s practically family after so many great “authorizations” by his progenitor Richard Ford. But I love Be Mine. The father son dynamic is relatable. My dad was also infatuated with Rush, the badlands, the Corn Palace…
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  Brian A. DeVido

  Another great Bascombe novel. I will miss Frank but have enjoyed the 40 year journey with this character. My favorite remains Lay of the Land but this is a fitting final effort from Richard Ford.
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  Browner

  For readers who have been following the exploits of Frank Bascombe since his character was introduced in the mid 1980s, the story that unfolds in Be Mine, the fifth installment in Richard Ford’s celebrated series of Bascombe Novels, will come as little surprise. To begin
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  Evonne Benedict

  Four stars for 'Be Mine' by Richard Ford. This is the final book in Ford's series of Frank Bascombe, which started with 'The Sportswriter' in 1986. I've long had a love/hate relationship with Frank, and a mostly love relationship with all of Ford's work. He showed me the
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  She Treads Softly

  Be Mine by Richard Ford is a highly recommended literary novel and the fifth one featuring Frank Bascombe. Frank, 74, is dealing with his own aging when he finds himself becoming the caretaker for his son Paul, 47, who has been diagnosed with ALS. They start
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  KasaC

  Since Richard Ford created him almost 40 years ago, Frank Bascombe has become his literary alter ego, in the same vein as Roth's Zuckerman or Updike's Rabbit. And as with Larry McMurtry's Duane Moore, what started out as a standalone novel has expanded into several sequels
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  pml

  It's difficult to express how much i love all of Ford's writing but the Frank Bascombe character in particular has my heart. I hear his voice in my head, his funny takes on people, his no nonsense acceptance of the human condition. I read The Sportswriter and fell in love
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  Valerie prickett

  Great read for anyone with family that is complicated