The World According to Garp (20th anniversary edition)
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- Synopsis
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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."
Winner of the National Book Award
- Copyright:
- 1978
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 616 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780345366764
- Publisher:
- Ballantine Books
- Date of Addition:
- 02/04/10
- Copyrighted By:
- John Irving
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Humor
- Submitted By:
- 170
- Proofread By:
- 170
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.