| Title:
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THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP
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| By: |
John Irving |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£8.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0552992054 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780552992053 |
| Publisher: |
TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 June, 1986 |
| Pages: |
576 |
| Description: |
Focuses on the life and times of T S Garp, the bastard son of Jenny Fields - a feminist leader ahead of her times. This title also focuses on the life and death of a famous mother and her almost-famous son. |
| Synopsis: |
This is the life and times of T. S. Garp, the bastard son of Jenny Fields - a feminist leader ahead of her times. It is also 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. It provides almost cheerful, even hilarious evidence of its famous last line: "In the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases." |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Black Swan |
| Returns: |
Returnable |