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Trying To Save Piggy Sneed
John Irving
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Description for Trying To Save Piggy Sneed
Paperback. Explains how the author became a writer. This title also contains six stories, including "The Pension Grillparzer". Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
This collection of short writing is a treat for John Irving addicts and the perfect introduction to his work for the uninitiated. In a spirited opening piece, John Irving explains how he became a writer. There follow six scintillating stories written over the past twenty years, inlcuding The Pension Grillparzer, previously only to be found inside The World According to Garp, and now given its first independent airing.
This collection of short writing is a treat for John Irving addicts and the perfect introduction to his work for the uninitiated. In a spirited opening piece, John Irving explains how he became a writer. There follow six scintillating stories written over the past twenty years, inlcuding The Pension Grillparzer, previously only to be found inside The World According to Garp, and now given its first independent airing.
Product Details
Publisher
Black Swan
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
Weight
161g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552995733
SKU
V9780552995733
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-22
About John Irving
John Irving was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1942, and he once admitted that he was a 'grim' child. Although he excelled in English at school and knew by the time he graduated that he wanted to write novels, it was not until he met a young Southern novelist named John Yount, at the University of New Hampshire, that ... Read more
Reviews for Trying To Save Piggy Sneed
Inventive incident, deft characterization and vivid language are all here
Irving Weinman
The Times Literary Supplement
Irving Weinman
The Times Literary Supplement