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A review by markisero
Independence Day by Richard Ford
5.0
This is probably my favorite book. Most people don't like it and think I'm crazy. This is a story of a middle-aged divorced real estate agent in his 40s who takes his kid to the Baseball Hall of Fame. That's it. Along the way, the narrator listens to phone messages and does a lot of thinking. Not much happens in the book. It's just a whole lot of interior monologue and characterization.
Because I loved the writing and could identify with the main character, I thought this book was excellent. His other books with the same narrator (The Sportswriter and The Lay of the Land don't come close. But on second thought, perhaps I got tired of the protagonist's melancholy. Maybe my friends' critiques -- that the main character should get a life -- are correct after all.
Because I loved the writing and could identify with the main character, I thought this book was excellent. His other books with the same narrator (The Sportswriter and The Lay of the Land don't come close. But on second thought, perhaps I got tired of the protagonist's melancholy. Maybe my friends' critiques -- that the main character should get a life -- are correct after all.