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Synopsis. The novel is about the life of T. S. Garp. His mother, Jenny Fields, is a strong-willed nurse who wants a child but not a husband. She encounters a dying ball turret gunner known only as Technical Sergeant Garp, who was severely brain damaged in combat.
- John Irving
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- 1978
- 1978
Apr 24, 1978 · 4.10. 228,215 ratings6,761 reviews. This 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.
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Aug 31, 2021 · — Washington Post Powerful and political, with unforgettable characters and timeless themes, The World According to Garp is John Irving’s breakout novel. The precursor of Irving’s later protest novels, it is the story of Jenny, an unmarried nurse who becomes a single mom and a feminist leader, beloved but polarizing—and of her son, Garp ...
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- John Irving
Oct 25, 2018 · Winner of the National Book Award, Garp is a comedy with forebodings of doom. In more than thirty languages, in more than forty countries—with more than ten million copies in print—Garp is the precursor of John Irving’s later protest novels. Read more. Print length. 544 pages.
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- John Irving
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The World According to Garp. A Novel. By John Irving. Best Seller. Category: Literary Fiction. Paperback $20.00. Aug 31, 2021| ISBN 9780593186879. Buy. Paperback$20.00. Aug 31, 2021 | ISBN 9780593186879. Add to Cart. Buy from Other Retailers: Paperback. –. $20.00. Add to Cart. Buy the Paperback: Barnes & Noble. Walmart. Books A Million. Amazon.
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Oct 25, 2018 · The World According to Garp: A Novel. John Irving. Penguin, Oct 25, 2018 - Fiction - 544 pages. Now available as an ebook for the first time ever in America, the bestselling coming-of-age...