{"product_id":"the-sportswriter-by-richard-ford-9780747585176","title":"The Sportswriter","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrank Bascombe has a younger girlfriend and a job as a sportswriter. To many men of his age, thirty-eight, this would be a cause for optimism, yet Frank feels the pull of his inner despair and especially of his recent losses - his preferred career has ended, his wife has divorced him, and a tragic accident took his elder son.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the course of this Easter weekend, Frank will lose all the remnants of his familiar life, though he will emerge heroic with spirits soaring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sportswriter\u003c\/em\u003e is a magnificent novel that propelled Richard Ford into the first rank of American writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487652724972,"sku":"9780747585176","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780747585176-the-sportswriter.jpg?v=1775751298","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-sportswriter-by-richard-ford-9780747585176","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}