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The World According to Garp

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This is the life 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 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. In more than forty countries--with more than ten million copies in print--this novel provides almost cheerful, even hilarious evidence of its famous last line: "In the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases."

Language: English

Pages: 609

Format: Mass Market Paperback

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Release: November 03, 1990

ISBN: 034536676X

ISBN 13: 9780345366764

The World According to Garp

4/5 ( ratings)

This is the life 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 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. In more than forty countries--with more than ten million copies in print--this novel provides almost cheerful, even hilarious evidence of its famous last line: "In the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases."

Language: English

Pages: 609

Format: Mass Market Paperback

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Release: November 03, 1990

ISBN: 034536676X

ISBN 13: 9780345366764

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