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John Irving
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John Irving

The World According to Garp, which won the National Book Award in 1980, was John Irving’s fourth novel and his first international bestseller. Irving’s novels are now translated into thirty-five languages, and he has had nine international bestsellers. In One Person is John Irving’s thirteenth novel.

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    1. John Irving on Abortion and Gay Rights in his Novels
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    2. John Irving on the Power of Secrets
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    3. John Benjamin Hickey on narrating IN ONE PERSON
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    4. John Irving on His Narrator's Speech Impediment
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    5. John Irving on Theatricality in Fiction
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    6. John Irving on Family Dysfunction
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    7. John Irving on the Scene He Can't Read to Audiences
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    8. John Irving: In One Person
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In One Person will be released on January 29, 2013 in Trade Paperback
Jan 29, 2013
In One Person is now available in Trade Paperback
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In One Person will be released on May 08, 2012 in Hardcover, Compact Disk, Audio Download, eAudio, eBook
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Telegraph, April 12, 2013
...he wishes, and only if he wishes. His personal pantheon is dominated by Raymond Carver, but also includes John Irving, Truman Capote and Paul Theroux, as well as two children's authors, Ursula le Guin (her Catwings series) and Chris Van Allsburg...
BellaOnline, April 9, 2013
...me, once the dialogue starts. And I’m big on dialogue over excessive description. I could also quote John Irving, who says he always knows the first line and how the story will end. I usually know the first line. I do not always know how the story will...
Deadline.com, April 8, 2013
...another longtime client of Robert Bookman, who moved over from CAA. Paradigm just signed screenwriter and iconic novelist John Irving. Irving won the Oscar making his debut as a screenwriter by adapting his own novel The Cider House Rules. Many of his...
Dallas Morning News, April 6, 2013
...among the literary cognoscenti who sing his praises. Richard Ford enthuses: "Sentence for sentence, Salter is the master." John Irving marvels: "Salter’s prose is rare and stunning." The late Susan Sontag genuflects: "[He] particularly rewards those...
Individual.com, April 5, 2013
...I could be assigned to cover the local water management board meetings. If I had to slog through John Irving's interminable gas-bag "Until I Find You" to excoriate it, surely Mr. Ebert could sit through the far shorter "Tru Loved" in his dark, quiet...
Paste Magazine, April 2, 2013
...first novel, achieving a form of success for which many writers pine, and he drew early comparisons to John Irving. But this book makes it clear that Harbach, like his characters, longs for much more. In fact, a statue of Herman Melville towers over the...
Broadway World, April 1, 2013
...FUTURE PAST; STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION; MATCH), the Straight for Equality in Literature Award to award-winning author John Irving (THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP; IN ONE PERSON), the Straight for Equality in Sports Award to Brendon Ayanbadejo (Super...
The Open Press, February 5, 2013
...calls the book: "the funniest novel since Richard Russo's Straight Man, rich with the epic levity of John Irving and salted with the perversion of Updike." A story of what has happend to the middle class, Hazelgrove felt like he wanted to record what...
Huffington Post Canada, February 4, 2013
...A pipeline bringing crude oil from Alberta to New Brunswick could be more realistic than building a pipeline to the west coast, according to an energy expert. Premier David Alward is in Alberta for three days to meet with Alberta Premier Alison...
Newcastle Evening Chronicle, February 4, 2013
...that the first-class catering and hospitality at NUFC has gained national recognition in these prestigious awards,? said John Irving, finance director at NUFC. ?We are well aware of what an excellent job the team from Sodexo Prestige do at the club but...
Baltimore Magazine, February 4, 2013
...were stranded on a desert island and you could bring one . . . book? A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving. TV Show? Seinfeld. Movie? Elf. Album? Les Misérables soundtrack. Food? Pizza. Celebrity dream date? Alexander Skarsgård. Any phobias? I am...
CBC, February 4, 2013
...West-to-east pipeline project would take 5 years to build, energy expert says Premier David Alward is in Alberta for three days to meet with Alberta Premier Alison Redford, oil executives and tour the oil sands in an attempt to drum up support for a...
MSN Canada, February 4, 2013
...A pipeline bringing crude oil from Alberta to New Brunswick could be more realistic than building a pipeline to the west coast, according to an energy expert. Premier David Alward is in Alberta for three days to meet with Alberta Premier Alison...
CBC, February 4, 2013
...West-to-east pipeline project would take 5 years to build, energy expert says Premier David Alward is in Alberta for three days to meet with Alberta Premier Alison Redford, oil executives and tour the oil sands in an attempt to drum up support for a...