World According to Garp
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Book Description
"Garp was a natural storyteller," says the narrator of John Irving's incandescent novel, referring to the book's hero, the novelist Garp, who has much in common with Irving himself. "He could make things up one right after the other, and they seemed to fit."
Irving packs wild characters and weird events into his classic--officially recognized as such in a Modern Library edition with a ne... More
Irving packs wild characters and weird events into his classic--officially recognized as such in a Modern Library edition with a ne... More
Book Information
Publisher | Pocket Books |
Binding | Paperback (67 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 624 |
ISBN-10 | 0671523694 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0671523695 |
Publication Date | 03/02/1984 |
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About John Irving (Author) : John Irving is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of John Irving include The Cider House Rules (Unabridged), The World According to Garp (Unabr... more
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5/17/2008 Dorman Shindler said: Although Irving has equaled -- and in some ways surpassed -- the accomplishment of this novel, it will always be one of my favorite 20th Century novels, and one of three books which helped inspire me to take up writing.
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