The World According to Garp by John Irving

Irving's characters will stay alive for years to come.' - Chicago Tribune 'A social tragi-comedy of such velocity that it reads rather like a domestic sequel to Catch-22.

Praise for John Irving and The World According to Garp 'John Irving, it is abundantly clear, is a true artist.' - Los Angeles Times 'A brilliant panoply of current attitudes toward sex, marriage and parenthood, the feminist movement and-above all-the concept of delineated sexual roles. In more than thirty languages, in more than forty countries-with more than ten million copies in print- Garp is the precursor of John Irving's later protest novels.

The subject of sexual hatred-of intolerance of sexual minorities and differences-runs the gamut of 'lunacy and sorrow.' Winner of the National Book Award, Garp is a comedy with forebodings of doom. From the tragicomic tone of its first sentence to its mordantly funny last line-'we are all terminal cases'- The World According to Garp maintains a breakneck pace. Her son, Garp, is less beloved, but no less polarizing. 'Garp's mother, Jenny Fields, was arrested in Boston in 1942 for wounding a man in a movie theater.' Jenny is an unmarried nurse she becomes a single mom and a feminist leader, beloved but polarizing. He is a Populist, determined to keep alive the Dickensian tradition that revels in colorful set pieces.and teaches moral lessons.'- The New York Times The opening sentence of John Irving's breakout novel, The World According to Garp, signals the start of sexual violence, which becomes increasingly political. For their roles, John Lithgow and Glenn Close were respectively nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the 55th Academy Awards.The bestselling coming-of-age classic novel by John Irving-now in a limited 40th anniversary edition with a new introduction by the author. It was made into the 1982 film directed by George Roy Hill and starring Robin Williams in the title role. Not only is it that he woke after the publication of The World According To Garp to find himself famous, but the extremity of his opinions and the nervous violence of his language recall that intemperate noleman, and like Byron, he would certainly say that love is no sinecure' (Robertson Davies). 'There is something of Byron about John Irving. A worldwide bestseller since its publication in 1978, Irving's classic is filled with stories inside stories about the life of T.S. The World According To Garp is a comic and compassionate coming-of-age novel that established John Irving as one of the most imaginative writers of his generation. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Boldly signed by John Irving in a contemporary hand on the half-title page. First edition of Irving’s fourth and breakthrough novel.

The World According to Garp by John Irving