The World According to Garp
A Novel
by John Irving
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books and Fiction.
This is the life and times of T. S. Garp, the bastard son of Jenny Fields, a feminist leader ahead of her time. This is the life and death of a famous mother and her almostfamous 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 unde...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books and Fiction.
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