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The Lay of the Land
First edition cover
AuthorRichard Ford
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
PublisherKnopf
Publication date
October 2006
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages496 pp
ISBN0-676-97248-9
OCLC68401973
Preceded byA Multitude of Sins 
Followed byCanada 

The Lay of the Land is a 2006 novel by American author Richard Ford. The novel is the third in what is now a five-part series, preceded by the novels The Sportswriter (1986) and Independence Day (1995); and followed by Let Me Be Frank With You (2014), a collection of "long" stories,[1] and the novel Be Mine (2023). Each of these books follows a portion of the life of Frank Bascombe, a real estate agent.

The Lay of the Land was nominated for a 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award.

  1. ^ "Frank and me: Richard Ford on his Bascombe novels". Financial Times. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

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