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Richard Ford

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  • 08-03-2012 1:40pm
    #1
    mickoregan
    Registered Users Posts: 157 ✭✭


    Does anybody know the publication date for Ford's new book CANADA?


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    nompere
    Registered Users Posts: 1,677 ✭✭✭nompere


    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Canada-Richard-Ford/dp/0747598606/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331226895&sr=8-1

    http://www.amazon.com/Canada-Richard-Ford/dp/0061692042/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331226874&sr=8-1


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    mickoregan
    Registered Users Posts: 157 ✭✭mickoregan


    I saw those earlier but couldn't find the date. Now, I've found it. June 2012 - thanks.

    Really looking forward to this.
    :)


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    groovie
    Registered Users Posts: 807 ✭✭✭groovie


    I started this on Sunday, I really love the way he writes. His occasional asides on literature and the way he includes the reader really appeal to me somehow. I'm limiting myself to a chapter a night now to make it last a while.:)


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    duckworth
    Registered Users Posts: 274 ✭✭duckworth


    It was on sale in Chapters on Parnell St when I was in the other day.


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    Polynomial
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    groovie wrote: »
    I started this on Sunday, I really love the way he writes. His occasional asides on literature and the way he includes the reader really appeal to me somehow. I'm limiting myself to a chapter a night now to make it last a while.:)

    So, what's the verdict?


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    steve_r
    Registered Users Posts: 2,013 ✭✭✭steve_r


    Polynomial wrote: »
    So, what's the verdict?


    I haven't read it, but someone who's opinion I hugely respect was very impressed with it, albeit saying that it had a slow start.

    Mind you, I rate my own opinion even higher, so once I've read it I'll bounce back with my own "educated" opinion! :)


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    mickoregan
    Registered Users Posts: 157 ✭✭mickoregan


    Geez, I'm not sure about this one. It read a lot different from his previous work, I feel. I can't say I didn't enjoy it, but it didn't engage me the way his writing usually has. I just love the feel of the Bascombe books and I still feel that Wildlife is a minor masterpiece.

    Canada very much reminded me of John Irving.

    I felt that Ford's usual dreamy, contemplative voice didn't come through until Part 3.

    I guess that, overall, I was a little disappointed.


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    Ernest Oreo
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    Enjoyable.
    Worth staying with it.
    But its not classic ford. Or classic american literature.
    It is not the great american novel.


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    buck65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,969 ✭✭✭buck65


    I agree. Was a bit disappointed with it. Compared to the Bascombe trilogy it was weak.


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