{"product_id":"the-world-according-to-garp-cd-9780739320891","title":"The World According to Garp","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller -- \u003c\/b\u003e20th anniversary edition with a new afterword from the author -- A wonderful novel, full of energy and art, at once funny and horrifying and heartbreaking.- \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the life and times of T. S. Garp, the bastard son of Jenny Fields--a feminist leader ahead of her times. 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 thirty languages, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe World According to Garp \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Irving, it is abundantly clear, is a true artist. - \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA brilliant panoply of current attitudes toward sex, marriage and parenthood, the feminist movement and - above all - the concept of delineated sexual roles. Irving's characters will stay alive for years to come. - \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA social tragi-comedy of such velocity that it reads rather like a domestic sequel to \u003ci\u003eCatch-22\u003c\/i\u003e. - \u003ci\u003eThe Observer (London)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA large talent announces itself on practically every page. - \u003ci\u003eThe Book-of-the-Month Club News \u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52816165503249,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52816165830929,"sku":"CIN0739320890G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780739320891.jpg?v=1764267406","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/the-world-according-to-garp-cd-9780739320891","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}