that individual i mean literature invites us to see people in particular you know. we can only do good in particular we can only do bad in particular so that's what i'm interested in i'm not interested in seeing the world from outer space subspace see eternity titus i don't want to see people that way. the melancholy character frank bascombe travels throughout his country observing thinking about and commenting on the disasters that befall it both the public and private but he doesn't take anything or anyone too seriously nor does he let things get him down but the america he's described for over a quarter of a century has changed quite a bit since 2014 when the last bascom novel was published. what would best comes place be today's america and triumph america well that's