{"id":3933,"date":"2009-05-27T05:01:17","date_gmt":"2009-05-27T09:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=3933"},"modified":"2009-05-19T21:10:44","modified_gmt":"2009-05-20T01:10:44","slug":"0-ford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/0-ford","title":{"rendered":"0-Ford"},"content":{"rendered":"

I refuse to read this article by Richard Ford<\/a> on the genesis of his character Frank Bascombe . . . because I’ve never read a word of Ford’s stuff! Congrats on being my latest 0-fer!<\/p>\n

Someone told me that I should read The Sportswriter<\/a>\"\" after I mentioned that I liked David Gates’ novel, Jernigan<\/a>\"\", but I never got around to it. I’ve never even owned a Ford!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I refuse to read this article by Richard Ford on the genesis of his character Frank Bascombe . . . because I’ve never read a word of Ford’s stuff! Congrats on being my latest 0-fer! Someone told me that I should read The Sportswriter after I mentioned that I liked David Gates’ novel, Jernigan, but … <\/p>\n

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