Richard Ford

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in Jackson, Mississippi, The United States

February 16, 1944

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Richard Ford is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and short story writer. His best-known works are the novel The Sportswriter and its sequels, Independence Day and The Lay of the Land, and the short story collection Rock Springs, which contains several widely anthologized stories.
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Average rating: 3.74 · 30,450 ratings · 3,465 reviews · 87 distinct works · Similar authors

	Canada 3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 8,185 ratings — published 2010 — 25 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Independence Day 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 6,920 ratings — published 1995 — 28 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sportswriter 3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 6,587 ratings — published 1986 — 27 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rock Springs 4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 1,923 ratings — published 1987 — 16 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lay of the Land 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 1,829 ratings — published 2006 — 29 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Multitude of Sins 3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 666 ratings — published 2001 — 21 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women With Men 3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 715 ratings — published 1996 — 20 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wildlife 3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 660 ratings — published 1990 — 20 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Piece Of My Heart 3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 278 ratings — published 1976 — 15 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ultimate Good Luck 3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 249 ratings — published 1981 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Richard Ford

Frank Bascombe (3 books)
by Richard Ford
3.7739663492891613 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 15,334 ratings

The Granta Book of the American Short Story (2 books)
by Richard Ford (Editor), Eudora Welty (Contributor), Andre Dubus (Contributor), Robert Stone (Contributor), Raymond Carver (Contributor), Joyce Carol Oates (Contributor), Bharati Mukherjee (Contributor), Stuart Dybek (Contributor) , more…
4.024316109422492 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 329 ratings

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"The Pulitzer-winning author heads north to the Saskatchewan prairie for his new novel, Canada, a coming-of-age tale about a teen left behind by his bank robber parents." ...More

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Quotes by Richard Ford

“Some people want to be bank presidents. Other people want to rob banks.”
― Richard Ford

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“What's friendship's realest measure?
I'll tell you. The amount of precious time you'll squander on someone else's calamities and fuck-ups.”
― Richard Ford

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“People surprise you, Frank, with just how fuckin stupid they are.”
― Richard Ford, The Sportswriter

tags: people, stupidity

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