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        Independence Day


        setting

        New Jersey

        time

        1990s

        language

        English

        region

        North America

        year published

        1995

        page count

        464

        difficulty

        Intermediate

        main characters

        Frank Bascombe

        Rip's impressions

        A father/son bonding tale that won a Pulitzer. No question, its author is a major writer. This novel, however, just does not have the staying power to survive the 21st century.

        first line

        In Haddam, summer floats over tree-softened streets like a sweet lotion balm from a careless, languorous god, and the world falls in tune with its own mysterious anthems.

        last lines

        (spoiler alert)