A Son of the Circus by John Irving

A Son of the Circus by John Irving

A Hindi film star, an American missionary, a pair of twins separated at birth, a diminutive chauffeur, and a serial killer collide in a riotous novel by the author of The World According to Garp

His most entertaining novel since Garp.--The New York Times Book Review

A Son of the Circus is comic genius . . . get ready for John] Irving's most raucous novel to date.--The Boston Globe

Dr. Farrokh Daruwalla, reared in Bombay by maverick foes of tradition, educated in Vienna, married to an Austrian and long a resident of Toronto, is a 59-year-old without a country, culture, or religion to call his own. . . . The novel may not be 'about' India, but Irving's imagined India, which Daruwalla visits periodically, is a remarkable achievement--a pandemonium of servants and clubmen, dwarf clowns and transvestite whores, missionaries and movie stars. This is a land of energetic colliding egos, of modern media clashing with ancient cultures, of broken sexual boundaries.--New York Newsday

His most daring and most vibrant novel . . . The story of circus-as-India is told with gusto and delightful irreverence.--Bharati Mukherjee, The Washington Post Book World

Ringmaster Irving introduces act after act, until three (or more) rings are awhirl at a lunatic pace. . . . He] spills characters from his imagination as agilely as improbable numbers of clowns pile out of a tiny car. . . . His Bombay and his Indian characters are vibrant and convincing.--The Wall Street Journal

Irresistible . . . powerful . . . Irving's gift for dialogue shines.--Chicago Tribune

The World According to Garp, which won the National Book Award in 1980, was John Irving's fourth novel and his first international bestseller; it also became a George Roy Hill film. Tony Richardson wrote and directed the adaptation for the screen of The Hotel New Hampshire (1984). Irving's novels are now translated into 35 languages, and he has had nine international bestsellers. Worldwide, the Irving novel most often called an American classic is A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989), the portrayal of an enduring friendship at a time when the Vietnam War had its most divisive effect on the United States.
In 1992, John Irving was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. (He competed as a wrestler for 20 years, until he was 34, and coached the sport until he was 47.) In 2000, Irving won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules, a Lasse Hallstrom film that earned seven Academy Award nominations. Tod Williams wrote and directed The Door in the Floor, the 2004 film adapted from Irving's ninth novel, A Widow for One Year.

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ISBN 13	9780679434962
ISBN 10	0679434968
Title	A Son of the Circus
Author	John Irving
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House (NY)
Year published	1994-08-16
Number of pages	633
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