The fifteen best North American novels of all time

One title on the Telegraph's list of the fifteen best North American novels of all time:

Independence Day
Richard Ford (1995)

The second book in Ford’s trilogy about Frank Bascombe – sportswriter turned realtor. Coiner of such quirky phrases as “happy as goats” and “solitary as Siberia” Bascombe’s been described as “America’s most convincing everyman”. Ford says he’s “asleep at the switch”.

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Frank Bascombe made Aifric Campbell's top ten list of favorite jobs in fiction.

--Marshal Zeringue