The World According to Garp

...his amusing 1972 novel about a man whose troubles include chronic urinary tract infections. And there s his classic 1978 volume, The World According to Garp, a terrific book that gave new meaning to the word undertow (aka Under Toad). From...

In this article: Vermont, John Irving, Robert Frost, Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, Katherine Paterson, and Ruth Stone

...oyster fork. "Nobody laughed and I'm afraid he rather misjudged the mood." Could happen to any of us. As the author of hit novels such as The World According to Garp, John Irving is famed for his vivid imagination. But even he couldn't...

In this article: Alan Sugar, Dog, Philip Green, John Irving, Michael Winner, and Gordon Brown

...pathos" with "unforgiving conscience", just as Dickens had a century before. Among countless other novels, Midnight's Children and The World According to Garp would not conceivably exist without this book. Influential readers who...

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...severed body parts and wrestling. At this point - Irving wrote his first novel more than 40 years ago and became an icon in 1978 with "The World According to Garp" - does he need to? "Last Night in Twisted River" tells the story of a...

In this article: John Irving, A Son of the Circus, The Fourth Hand, The Cider House Rules, Academy Award, William Shakespeare, and Will

...the second half of the 20th century. As grounded in history as E.L. Doctorow's "Ragtime'' and as wildly inventive as John Irving's "The World According to Garp,'' it narrates the tragical and comical life of one Warren Whitlowe Spooner, whose...

In this article: Pete Dexter, Margaret, Milledgeville, Ga, 1949 Ford, E.L. Doctorow, and John Irving

...a series of older women. Similarly, the absence of his biological father when he grew up recurs as a theme in his novels, most famously in "The World According to Garp," the book that brought Irving to the world's attention. "I don't...

In this article: John Irving, New York, George Bush, Vermont, Until I Find You, and Ontario

...extended story of Daniel Baciagalupo, the son of a logging camp cook, who grows up to be a writer. Irving is known for novels like "The World According to Garp" and "The Cider House Rules," both of which became notable films. We chatted...

In this article: John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany, The Cider House Rules, Anxiety, and Vietnam

...to Serious." 7 p.m., Elliott Bay Book Co. (206-624-6600 or www.elliottbaybook.com). John Irving: The author (above) of "The World According to Garp" and "The Cider House Rules" discusses his new novel, "Last Night in Twisted River,"...

In this article: John Irving, E-mail, Seattle, Granta, Elliott Bay, Whole Earth Catalogue, and Lake Forest Park

...Irving - with his recurring themes, locations, motifs and misadventures - has been writing the same book since his breakthrough, The World According to Garp, in 1978. Last Night in Twisted River does not need such readers. While it is...

In this article: John Irving, Coos County, and Irvine Welsh

It also deals with deadly accidents, absent parents and how a novelist's imagination is shaped - familiar themes for the author of The World According to Garp and A Widow for One Year. It opens vividly at a New Hampshire logging camp, where...

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