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John Irving
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John Irving

The World According to Garp, which won the National Book Award in 1980, was John Irving’s fourth novel and his first international bestseller. Irving’s novels are now translated into thirty-five languages, and he has had nine international bestsellers. In One Person is John Irving’s thirteenth novel.

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    2. John Benjamin Hickey on narrating IN ONE PERSON
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    3. John Irving on Theatricality in Fiction
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    4. John Irving on the Power of Secrets
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    5. John Irving on Family Dysfunction
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    6. John Irving on Abortion and Gay Rights in his Novels
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    7. John Irving on the Scene He Can't Read to Audiences
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    8. John Irving: In One Person
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In One Person will be released on May 08, 2012 in Hardcover, Compact Disk, Audio Download, eAudio, eBook
May 08, 2012
In One Person is now available in Hardcover, Compact Disk, Audio Download, eAudio, eBook
May 08, 2012
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Simon & Schuster 2012 Fiction Sampler will be released on January 03, 2012 in eBook
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Seattle Times, May 14, 2012
...Novelist John Irving's new book, "In One Person," tells the story of Billy Abbott, a man whose bisexuality defines and complicates his lifelong relationships. Irving reads Thursday at Town Hall...
WRTI 90.1 FM, May 14, 2012
...Desire can have a profound effect on young adults during their formative years. Novelist John Irving turns 70 this year, and his latest novel is a coming-of-age story about loss, identity and AIDS ¿ told by a bisexual narrator named Billy Abbott....
Los Angeles Times, May 13, 2012
...general tone of acceptance means that its characters' struggles aren't too difficult. In One Person A Novel John Irving Simon & Schuster: 426 pp., $28 Late in John Irving's 13th novel, "In One Person," the narrator, an aging writer named William Abbott,...
Daily Beast, May 13, 2012
...ideals. There is no American writer of that era who deserves more to be re-read and reconsidered than John Irving, who wrote three novels in that decade (The Water-Method Man, The 158-Pound Marriage, and The World According to Garp) and who has produced...
Seattle Times, May 13, 2012
...Novelist John Irving's new book, "In One Person," tells the story of Billy Abbott, a man whose bisexuality defines and complicates his lifelong relationships. Irving reads Thursday at Town Hall...
Blogcritics.org, May 13, 2012
...stereotypes of gender when I was a boy, which is probably another reason why I continue to find John Irving a compelling author when it comes to portraying gender and sexuality. In Mockingbird I discovered a girl who was a child yet had the insight of an...
Yahoo! México, May 12, 2012
...The first John Irving novel I ever read was The Water-Method Man, his second novel, which he published in 1972, when he was 30. It came into our house sometime after 1978, after...
Examiner.com, May 15, 2012
...unusual in Seattle this week. Local events are lighter with some stellar showings, while rings of fire like John Irving, the Dickman twins, Ryan Boudinot and Sherman Alexie eclipse the calendar...
Keizertimes.com, May 15, 2012
...narrator of this story quickly becomes a friend, “In One Person” is a long book to read. Author John Irving’s Billy is a storyteller, moving throughout his almost-70 years of remembrances of loves and losses, repeating, revealing, and admitting...
Easton Patch, May 14, 2012
...wandering around an apartment complex wound up arresting that man on drug possession charges. According to the Express-Times , John Irving Jones, 33, of the 800 block of West Lincoln St., was allegedly roaming the halls of the Lehigh Manor Apartments....
New Zealand Herald, May 14, 2012
...true political events in the ongoing struggle to create a new South Africa. 4. In One Person, by John Irving As a 13-year-old growing up in small-town Vermont in the 1950s, Billy Abbott spent a lot of time trying to work out why he had so many "dangerous...
Lehigh Valley Express-Times, May 14, 2012
...Easton man walking around an apartment complex naked this morning is charged with dealing drugs.According to police: John Irving Jones, 33, of the 800 block of West Lincoln Street, was walking naked around the Lehigh Manor Apartments at 600 Canal St. at...
Examiner.com, May 14, 2012
...Marshall, who will discuss My Happy Days in Hollywood (5/23, Aero), and National Book Award and Oscar-Winning Writer John Irving, who will talk about his upcoming novel, In One Person (6/21, Aero).� Most events start at 8:00pm with receptions preceding...
New York Times, May 14, 2012
...the 92nd Street Y on Sunday night.During his appearance at the 92nd Street Y on Sunday night, John Irving said he thought he was done with the theme of “intolerance of our sexual differences” after “The World According to Garp.” But his new...