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Richard Ford talks to Alex Clark about his latest novel, Be Mine - a father and son road trip across America.

Books and Authors

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The Importance of a Romantic Relationship

"Be My Son, Be Mine Before You Die" is about a father and son relationship. The book's title comes from the U.S. candy stamp that means to your sweetheart, Be Mine. "I thought it would be actually that it's funny, basically, that a horrible, irimidiable disease could be named after a baseball player," author says.

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