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The World According To Garp
John Irving
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Description for The World According To Garp
Paperback.
A masterpiece from one of the great contemporary American writers.
'A wonderful novel, full of energy and art, at once funny and heartbreaking...terrific' WASHINGTON POST
Anniversary edition with a new afterword from the author.
A worldwide bestseller since its publication, Irving's classic is filled with stories inside stories about the life and times of T. S. Garp, struggling writer and illegitimate son of Jenny Fields - an unlikely feminist heroine ahead of her time.
Beautifully written, THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP is a powerfully compelling and compassionate coming-of-age novel that established John Irving as one of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474614405
SKU
9781474614405
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-5
About John Irving
John Irving, the novelist and screenwriter, competed as a wrestler for twenty years. He was Kurt Vonnegut's student in the Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa, where Mr. Irving later taught. In 1980, he won a National Book Award for his novel The World According to Garp. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The ... Read more
Reviews for The World According To Garp
Absolutely extraordinary...a roller-coaster ride that leaves one breathless, exhausted, elated and tearful
LA TIMES
Like all great works of art, Irving's novel seems always to have been there, a diamond sleeping in the dark, chipped out at last for our enrichment and delight...As approachable as it is brilliant, Garp pulses with vital energy
COSMOPOLITAN
The most ... Read more
LA TIMES
Like all great works of art, Irving's novel seems always to have been there, a diamond sleeping in the dark, chipped out at last for our enrichment and delight...As approachable as it is brilliant, Garp pulses with vital energy
COSMOPOLITAN
The most ... Read more