The World According to Garp
of John Irving (Goodreads Author)
Description
This is the life and times of T. S. Garp, the bastard son of Jenny Fieldsâa 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 extremesâeven 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 countriesâwith more than ten million copies in printâthis novel provides almost cheerful, even hilarious evidence of its famous last line: "In the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases."
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Book Details
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 610 pages
- Publisher Ballantine Books
- Publication Date 04/01/99
- First Publication 04/24/78
- Language English
- ISBN 9780345915597
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Vienna (Austria)']
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