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| Author | Richard Ford |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
Publication date | June 13, 1995 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 464 pp |
| ISBN | 0-679-49265-8 |
| OCLC | 31901250 |
| 813/.54 20 | |
| LC Class | PS3556.O713 I53 1995 |
| Preceded by | Wildlife |
| Followed by | Women with Men: Three Stories |
Independence Day is a 1995 novel by Richard Ford and the sequel to Ford's 1986 novel The Sportswriter. This novel is the second in what is now a five-part series, the first being The Sportswriter. It was followed by The Lay of the Land (2006), Let Me Be Frank With You (2014) and Be Mine (2023).[1] Independence Day won the Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction in 1996, becoming the first novel ever to win both awards in a single year.
- ^ "Frank and me: Richard Ford on his Bascombe novels". Financial Times. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2015.