The World According to Garp (Black Swan) |
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Author:
John Irving
By Black Swan
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List Price: £8.99
Our Price: £3.59
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780552992053
ISBN: 0552992054
Label: Black Swan
Manufacturer: Black Swan
Number Of Pages: 608
Publication Date: 1986-07-01
Publisher: Black Swan
Studio: Black Swan |
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Product 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.
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 A book with every emotion in it..., 2010-07-18
I brought this book for a friend but ended up reading it first as i couldn't put it down after reading the first page, John Irving has the ability to capture every emotion in his books one page he will be pulling on your heart strings, the next page you will be Laughing well worth a read x
The World According to Garp, John Irving, 2010-07-27
I found this book quite strange from the outset, but was enthralled at the same time! This is the third John Irving book I have read and although I found a lot of it like searching through a strange and uncertain dream, I really wanted to see how it would progress. Some scenes seem almost bizarre and some terribly sad, others are hilarious!
Not my favourite I have to admit, but written with his usual humour for quite uncomfortable subjects. I wasn't sure if I had missed the point, but when you read his afterword in the book, you realize that John Irving was a bit unsure himself and only realized when his son told him that the book was about loss and losing things dear to you! that this was in fact the case. Every dads nightmare about keeping his family safe.
The World According to Garp, 2009-07-17
Wonderfully bizarre read. Absorbing, different and all I expected from the title.The World According to Garp (Black Swan)
Brilliant, 2010-03-12
I absolutely loved this book. After the reading succes of The Cider House Rules this was another stunner for me.
The story of the Garp family starting with Garp'smother the feminist Jenny Fields all through the births and deaths of Garp's children and himself.
I thought it was taking me ages to read this book as it has 570 pages with a very small font size, but I enjoyed every page.
10/10
Best Read, 2009-11-25
This is truly my favourite book ever! A fabulous story about the life of Garp from conception until death.(and a very unusual conception it was).
The reader experiences Garps life with him. His unusual mother and upbringing. The characters he encounters are thoroughly enjoyable. Particularly Roberta Muldoon. It is a story that makes you laugh and cry and I was teary at the end. My next pet whether it be male or female is going to be named Garp!
A lot of John Irving's usual themes are present in the book, New England, wrestling, animals etc. This is my favourite John Irving title and the film with Robin Williams starring as Garp fails to do it any justice at all.
I would reccomend this book as a great flowing story about life with but with Irving style quirkyness.
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