A Piece of My Heart

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A Piece of My Heart

novel by Ford

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Richard Ford
Ford’s first novel, A Piece of My Heart (1976), is set on an island in the southern Mississippi River and contrasts an intellectual with an impulsive man in an atmosphere of menace and violence; critics noted the influence of William Faulkner. The Ultimate Good Luck (1981) presents an…
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Ford’s first novel, A Piece of My Heart (1976), is set on an island in the southern Mississippi River and contrasts an intellectual with an impulsive man in an atmosphere of menace and violence; critics noted the influence of William Faulkner. The Ultimate Good Luck (1981) presents an…
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