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I’ve known about Richard Ford’s soft spot for Canada for a long time. Years ago, when I heard him read at the International Festival of Authors , he followed two Canadian writers (Joseph Boyden and another whose name I can’t remember). As the only non-Canuck in the bunch, Ford had the host mention in the introduction that the Mississippi-born author wasn’t Canadian…yet.
And then there are the mostly flattering words by Frank Bascombe, the main character of Ford’s 1995 novel Independence Day :
Jonathan Seet | Jonathan Seet - Songwriter, Composer