Originally Posted by
sixsmith
Yes. Three novels really gives you the opportunity to get to know a character but i can't really think of a contemporary protagonist more authentic than Bascombe. I remember being more than a little sad when i finished 'The Lay of the Land'. I experienced a genuine sense of loss: and that, amongst other things, is a mark of good fiction for mine.
I'm pretty sure he wont be returning. I know that Everyman have published the three novels in one volume which suggests that we can now call it a trilogy. In any case, i'm not certain that i'd want another installment. He'd now be well into old age and his faculties might be on the wane. And given that the novels are really just Frank's ruminations, i'm not sure it would work. I thought he ended it well in LOTL.