![]() ![]() Like all extraordinary books, Garp defies synopsis. "The most powerful and profound novel about women written by a man in our generation. The Observer (London) A large talent announces itself on practically every page. Chicago Tribune A social tragi-comedy of such velocity that it reads rather like a domestic sequel to Catch-22. Irving's characters will stay alive for years to come. ![]() 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. ![]() ![]() Praise for The World According to Garp John Irving, it is abundantly clear, is a true artist. 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. 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. 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. Garp, the bastard son of Jenny Fields-a feminist leader ahead of her times. 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. ![]()
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