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The World According To Garp (Black Swan) (English Edition)

Author John Irving
Publisher Transworld Digital
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Author(s)John Irving
ISBN / ASINB0080GQXKW
ISBN-13978B0080GQXK4
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸

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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."