{"product_id":"the-world-according-to-garp","title":"The World According to Garp by Irving, John","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the National Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Nothing in contemporary fiction matches it.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Wonderful . . . full of energy and art, at once funny and horrifying and heartbreaking.\" --\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePowerful and political, with unforgettable characters and timeless themes, \u003ci\u003eThe World According to Garp\u003c\/i\u003e is John Irving's breakout novel. The precursor of Irving's later protest novels, it is the story of Jenny, an unmarried nurse who becomes a single mom and a feminist leader, beloved but polarizing--and of her son, Garp, less beloved but no less polarizing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the tragicomic tone of its first sentence to its mordantly funny last line--\"we are all terminal cases\"--\u003ci\u003eThe World According to Garp\u003c\/i\u003e maintains a breakneck pace. The subject of sexual hatred and violence--of intolerance of sexual minorities, and sexual differences--runs through the book, as relevant now as ever. Available in more than forty countries--with more than ten million copies in print--\u003ci\u003eGarp\u003c\/i\u003e is a comedy with forebodings of doom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Irving\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593186879\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.7\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e121263 \/ World According to Garp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOHN IRVING, \u003c\/b\u003eborn in Exeter, New Hampshire, published his first novel, \u003ci\u003eSetting Free the Bears, \u003c\/i\u003ewhen he was twenty-six. His most popular novel, worldwide, is \u003ci\u003eA Prayer for Owen Meany, \u003c\/i\u003epublished in 1989. In 2000, Mr. Irving won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for \u003ci\u003eThe Cider House Rules.\u003c\/i\u003e In 2012, he won the Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Fiction for \u003ci\u003eIn One Person. \u003c\/i\u003eIn 2018, he was the recipient of a Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the Richard C. Holbrooke Award for Distinguished Achievement. Mr. Irving competed as a wrestler for twenty years and coached wrestling until he was forty-seven. He is a member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. John Irving lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43656659959961,"sku":"9780593186879","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/img_8b2eb6ab-e8c9-42a1-ae70-cf6039256527.jpg?v=1724616960","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/the-world-according-to-garp","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}