{"product_id":"the-world-according-to-garp-3","title":"The World According to Garp","description":"\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller -- 20th anniversary edition with a new afterword from the author -- A wonderful novel, full of energy and art, at once funny and horrifying and heartbreaking.- \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the life and times of T. S. Garp, the bastard son of Jenny Fields--a feminist leader ahead of her times. This is 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. In more than thirty languages, in more than forty countries-- with more than ten million copies in print--this novel provides almost cheerful, even hilarious evidence of its famous last line: In the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe World According to Garp \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Irving, it is abundantly clear, is a true artist. - \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003eA brilliant panoply of current attitudes toward sex, marriage and parenthood, the feminist movement and - above all - the concept of delineated sexual roles... Irving's characters will stay alive for years to come. - \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA social tragi-comedy of such velocity that it reads rather like a domestic sequel to \u003ci\u003eCatch-22\u003c\/i\u003e. - \u003ci\u003eThe Observer (London)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA large talent announces itself on practically every page. - \u003ci\u003eThe Book-of-the-Month Club News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/john-irving-books\"\u003eJohn Irving\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 609\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ballantine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780345366764\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Irving, John","offers":[{"title":"Poor Condition — £2.79","offer_id":48007941128369,"sku":"SB-034536676X-C4","price":2.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/034536676X.jpg?v=1791335451","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-world-according-to-garp-3","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}