The World According to Garp Ashland050926

The World According to Garp Ashland050926Winner of the National Book Award Powerful and political, with unforgettable characters and timeless themes, The World According to Garp is John Irvings breakout novel. The precursor of Irvings later protest novels, it is the story of Jenny, an unmarried nurse who becomes a single mom and a feminist leader, beloved but polarizingand of her son, Garp, less beloved but no less polarizing. From the tragicomic tone of its first sentence to its mordantly

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Publisher: Workman (October 27

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