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Twenty years after The World According to Garp, the author chronicles the life of a complex, abrasive woman born in the shadow of her siblings' deaths and her parents' adultery, who only finds love after motherhood and widowhood. 300,000 first printing.
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"Wickedly knowing, mischievously post-modern and magical realist along the lines of Gunter Grass, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Robertson Davies" (Time Out)
"Gripping, full of horror and humour" (Literary Review)
"A compelling chronicle of love and loss... His most intricate and fully imagined novel" (San Francisco Chronicle)
"Irving's storytelling has never been better" (New York Times)
"His best since Garp" (Time)
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"Gripping, full of horror and humour" (Literary Review)
"A compelling chronicle of love and loss... His most intricate and fully imagined novel" (San Francisco Chronicle)
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- PublisherRandom House Inc
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0375501371
- ISBN 13 9780375501371
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