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World According to Garp : A Novel by John Irving (1990, Mass Market)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-10034536676X

ISBN-139780345366764

eBay Product ID (ePID)24038286457

Product Key Features

Edition20

Book TitleWorld According to Garp : a Novel

Number of Pages624 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicPsychological, Sagas, Family Life, Literary, Coming of Age, Humorous / General

Publication Year1990

FeaturesRevised

GenreFiction

AuthorJohn Irving

FormatMass Market

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight10 oz

Item Length6.8 in

Item Width4.1 in

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Reviews"The most powerful and profound novel about women written by a man in our generation . . . Like all extraordinary books, Garp defies synopsis. . . . A marvelous, important, permanent novel by a serious artist of remarkable powers."- Chicago Sun-Times "Nothing in contemporary fiction matches it. . . . Irving's blend of gravity and play is unique, audacious, almost blasphemous. . . . Brilliant, funny, and consistently wise; a work of vast talent."- The New Republic "A wonderful novel, full of energy and art, at once funny and horrifying and heartbreaking."- Washington Post, "A wonderful novel, full of energy and art." --The Washington Post "Nothing in contemporary fiction matches it. . . . Irving's blend of gravity and play is unique, audacious, almost blasphemous. . . . Brilliant, funny, and consistently wise; a work of vast talent." --The New Republic, "The most powerful and profound novel about women written by a man in our generation . . . Like all extraordinary books, Garp defies synopsis. . . . A marvelous, important, permanent novel by a serious artist of remarkable powers."- Chicago Sun-Times "Nothing in contemporary fiction matches it. . . . Irving's blend of gravity and play is unique, audacious, almost blasphemous. . . . Brilliant, funny, and consistently wise; a work of vast talent."- The New Republic "A wonderful novel, full of energy and art, at once funny and horrifying and heartbreaking."- Washington Post From the Trade Paperback edition., "A wonderful novel, full of energy and art." --The Washington Post "Nothing in contemporary fiction matches it. . . . Irving's blend of gravity and play is unique, audacious, almost blasphemous. . . . Brilliant, funny, and consistently wise; a work of vast talent." --The New Republic From the Trade Paperback edition., "The most powerful and profound novel about women written by a man in our generation . . . Like all extraordinary books, Garp defies synopsis. . . . A marvelous, important, permanent novel by a serious artist of remarkable powers."-Chicago Sun-Times "Nothing in contemporary fiction matches it. . . . Irving's blend of gravity and play is unique, audacious, almost blasphemous. . . . Brilliant, funny, and consistently wise; a work of vast talent."-The New Republic "A wonderful novel, full of energy and art, at once funny and horrifying and heartbreaking."-Washington Post From the Trade Paperback edition., "The most powerful and profound novel about women written by a man in our generation . . . Like all extraordinary books, Garp defies synopsis. . . . A marvelous, important, permanent novel by a serious artist of remarkable powers."-- Chicago Sun-Times "Nothing in contemporary fiction matches it. . . . Irving's blend of gravity and play is unique, audacious, almost blasphemous. . . . Brilliant, funny, and consistently wise; a work of vast talent."-- The New Republic "A wonderful novel, full of energy and art, at once funny and horrifying and heartbreaking."-- Washington Post

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SynopsisNew 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 Post This 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, 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 Post This 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