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| Original title | The world according to Garp |
|---|---|
| Language | Norwegian |
| Author | John Irving |
| Year | Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1979 |
| First Published | 1976 |
| ISBN | 8257400947 |
| Amazon ID | B0080GQXKW |
book
| Original title | The world according to Garp |
|---|---|
| Language | Norwegian |
| Author | John Irving |
| Year | Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1979 |
| First Published | 1976 |
| ISBN | 8257400947 |
| Amazon ID | B0080GQXKW |
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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.