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Books By John Irving - Author

John Irving was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1942, and he once admitted that he was a 'grim' child. Although he excelled in English at school and knew by the time he graduated that he wanted to write novels, it was not until he met a young Southern novelist named John Yount, at the University of New Hampshire, that he received encouragement. 'It was so simple,' he remembers. 'Yount was the first person to point out that anything I did except writing was going to be vaguely unsatisfying.'

In 1963, Irving enrolled at the Institute of European Studies in Vienna, and he later worked as a university lecturer. His first novel, Setting Free the Bears, about a plot to release all the animals from the Vienna Zoo, was followed by The Water-Method Man, a comic tale of a man with a urinary complaint, and The 158-Pound Marriage, which exposes the complications of spouse-swapping. Irving achieved international recognition with The World According to Garp, which he hoped would 'cause a few smiles among the tough-minded and break a few softer hearts'.

The Hotel New Hampshire is a startlingly original family saga, and The Cider House Rules is the story of Doctor Wilbur Larch - saint, obstetrician, founder of an orphanage, ether addict and abortionist - and of his favourite orphan, Homer Wells, who is never adopted. A Prayer for Owen Meany features the most unforgettable character Irving has yet created. A Son of the Circus is an extraordinary evocation of modern day India. John Irving's latest and most ambitious novel is A Widow for One Year.

A collection of John Irving’s shorter writing, Trying to Save Piggy Sneed, was published in 1993. Irving has also written the screenplays for The Cider House Rules and A Son of the Circus, and wrote about his experiences in the world of movies in his memoir My Movie Business.

Irving has had a life-long passion for wrestling, and he plays a wrestling referee in the film of The World According to Garp. In his memoir, The Imaginary Girlfriend, John Irving writes about his life as a wrestler, a novelist and as a wrestling coach. He now writes full-time, has three children and lives in Vermont and Toronto.

Author's Website: https://john-irving.com/

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The Last Chairlift

John Irving

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The World According To Garp

John Irving

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Avenue of Mysteries

John Irving

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In One Person

John Irving

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Last Night in Twisted River

John Irving

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Until I Find You

John Irving

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The Fourth Hand

John Irving

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A Widow for One Year

John Irving

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The Imaginary Girlfriend

John Irving

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A Son Of The Circus

John Irving

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Trying To Save Piggy Sneed

John Irving

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A Prayer For Owen Meany

John Irving

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The Cider House Rules

John Irving

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The Hotel New Hampshire

John Irving

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The Water-Method Man

John Irving

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The 158-Pound Marriage

John Irving

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Setting Free The Bears

John Irving

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Fourth Hand

John Irving

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Son of the Circus

John Irving

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Prayer for Owen Meany

John Irving

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My Movie Business

John Irving

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Widow for One Year

John Irving

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Imaginary Girlfriend

John Irving

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From Within

John Irving

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Mozart's Piano Concertos

John Irving

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World According to Garp

John Irving

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Hotel New Hampshire

John Irving

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Water-Method Man

John Irving

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158-Pound Marriage

John Irving

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