BOOKBITS
LEAD:
The Lay of the Land
is author Richard Ford's third novel about New Jersey realtor Frank
Bascombe. Frank is dealing with prostate cancer, a marriage which has crumbled
and the feeling he is trapped in what he thinks of as his Permanent
Period. It is the fall of 2000 a time of dangling chads and uncounted
ballots which seems so innocent now knowing that 9/11 is just a year ahead.
RUNS: 5:23
END CUE: "...published by Knopf Canada."
