John Irving
The World According to Garp
Mass Market Paperback
(Ballantine Books Nov. 3, 1990)
, Reissue edition
New York Times bestseller -- 20th anniversary edition with a new afterword from the author -- "A wonderful novel, full of energy and art, at once funny and horrifying and heartbreaking."- The Washington PostThis is the life and times of T. S. Garp, the bastard son of Jenny Fields--a feminist leader ahead of her times. This is the life and death of a famous mother and her almost-famous son; theirs is a world of sexual extremes--even of sexual assassinations. It is a novel rich with "lunacy and sorrow"; yet the dark, violent events of the story do not undermine a comedy both ribald and robust. In more than thirty languages, in more than forty countries-- with more than ten million copies in print--this novel provides almost cheerful, even hilarious evidence of its famous last line: "In the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases."Praise for 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... 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." - The Observer (London)"A large talent announces itself on practically every page." - The Book-of-the-Month Club News
- ISBN
- / 9780345366764
- Pages
- 624
- Weight
- 10.4 oz.
- Dimensions
- 4.1 x 1.0 in.
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