a thrill to interview this renowned author but nerve racking too as ford has a reputation for getting pleasant when he's annoyed. makes course the next question. for instance when fellow writer alice huffman wrote a negative review of his novel the sportswriter for it got a copy of one of her books picked up his gun and so he says shot it. then he mailed her what was left of it. so let's focus on frank bascombe instead he's seen as a typical american every man a character in which everyone can recognize some aspect of themselves but ford says not true there is no such thing that's just something some cockamamie critic dreams up. he's a very specific man he's he's he's a divorced me he's a he's a father of three children he takes