Books by Richard Ford
“The reason I really love the Bascombe novels, and this may be the most perfect example, is that Ford manages to make the minute-by-minute passage of time interesting. His characters aren’t always doing incredibly interesting things, but the context is so rich in their layered reminiscences and sense of what the stakes are, that you can just spend hours with him as he goes about his relatively boring road trip. I think that’s an amazing achievement.” Read more...
Benjamin Markovits, Novelist
Interviews where books by Richard Ford were recommended
The Best Road Trip Novels, recommended by Benjamin Markovits
Why do so many people fantasise about getting in their cars and driving away from everything they know? The novelist Ben Markovits reflects on the near-universal urge to get out on the open road, as he recommends five of the best road trip novels—from Jack Kerouac to Anne Tyler.
