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The Sportswriter by Richard Ford [FIRST EDITION] 1986 • Vintage Contemporaries 1st edition as well as rising starsThe Sportswriter by Richard Ford FIRST EDITION [1986] VINTAGE CONTEMPORARIES A Vintage Contemporaries trade paperback original. 3rd Printing May, 1986. Book is near mint. Looks and reads like new. As a sportswriter, Frank Bascombe makes his living studying people men, mostly who live entirely within themselves. This is a condition that Frank himself aspires to. But at thirty eight, he suffers from incurable dreaminess, occasional pounding of the