Richard Ford (Critical Survey of Short Fiction)
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Richard Ford made his reputation as a novelist before turning to short fiction. His first novel, A Piece of My Heart (1976), marked him as a southern writer, since it was set primarily in Arkansas and on an uncharted island in the Mississippi River. The Ultimate Good Luck (1981) told the story of a Vietnam veteran, Harry Quinn, in Mexico, on a quest to get his girlfriend’s brother out of jail. The Sportswriter (1986) is set in New Jersey and tells the story of a failed novelist trying to put his professional and personal life in...
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