Morality, Identity and Narrative in the Fiction of Richard Ford

Morality, Identity and Narrative in the Fiction of Richard Ford is only the second monograph on the work of Richard Ford and the only one to deal with all three Frank Bascombe novels. The book offers comprehensive readings of the trilogy and the stories of Women with Men and A Multitude of Sins , thus bringing critical work on Ford up to date. Richard Ford insists that fiction contain a moral vision, and this study takes up that challenge by investigating Ford's characters through the interconne