{"product_id":"the-world-according-to-garp-2","title":"The World According to Garp","description":"New York Times bestseller -- 20th anniversary edition with a new afterword from the author -- \"A wonderful novel, full of energy and art, at once funny and horrifying and heartbreaking.\"- The Washington Post\u003cbr\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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for The World According to Garp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"John Irving, it is abundantly clear, is a true artist.\" - Los Angeles Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A 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.\" - Chicago Tribune\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A social tragi-comedy of such velocity that it reads rather like a domestic sequel to Catch-22.\" - The Observer (London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A large talent announces itself on practically every page.\" - The Book-of-the-Month Club News","brand":"OUATB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48496472424703,"sku":"*R0105340*","price":3.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0487\/5550\/7364\/files\/26292743482310.jpg?v=1778268217","url":"https:\/\/shop.onceuponatimebooks.com\/products\/the-world-according-to-garp-2","provider":"Once Upon a Time Books AR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}