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Synopsis
A collection of six short stories from the author of The World According to Garp, The Hotel New Hampshire, The Cider House Rules and A Prayer for Owen Meaney.
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"A rich, wonderful, and diverse look at the creative mind of one of America's most imaginative and passionate novelists." Denver Post
Supple and energetic as a stylist, Mr. Irving also knows just how to create in the reader's mind a vivid impression of an existing world and just how to populate it.” New York Times Book Review
[This] affable collection of fiction and nonfiction is never less than opinionated." Detroit News/Free Press
"The essays on himself and other writers make the book valuable, for they tell us a great deal about Irving's view of fiction." Newsday
"Irving proves himself, once again, a garrulous and engaging raconteur." Publishers Weekly
"Candid . . . colorful . . . Those who have followed John Irving's writing career will delight in his newest, Trying to Save Piggy Sneed. . . . Readers will leave this book feeling as if they have had a terrific conversation with Irving about why he writes and how he goes about it." USA Today
"[This] newest book is a first for Irving: a collection of memoirs, short fiction, and essays. Trying to Save Piggy Sneed features tributes to Dickens and Günter Grass, whose novels percolate with a political and moral courage Irving admires. It also includes six short stories, a form Irving doesn't claim as his own. Reminiscences round out the collection, from his caustic recollections of an awkward dinner with former President Reagan to the title piece, in which the death of his town's garbage collector symbolically sparked the teenage Irving's desire to write." Minneapolis Star Tribune
"These pieces are worth saving and savoring. . . . Trying to Save Piggy Sneed is a welcome oasis on the long desert passage leading to John Irving's next novel." Seattle Times/Post-Intelligencer
Book Description
This collection of short writing is a treat for John Irving addicts and the perfect introduction to his work for the uninitiated.
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- PublisherBloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 074751996X
- ISBN 13 9780747519966
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages224
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR003577507
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Trying to Save Piggy Sneed (Bloomsbury Classic Series)
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1995
ISBN 10: 074751996X
ISBN 13: 9780747519966
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Seller: Second Site Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. This is Irving's only collection of "short work." The memoir The Imaginary Girlfriend covers the same ground as most of his novels but is still must read for Irving fans. The title memoir is also fantastic, though I have my doubts about how factual it is. His memoir about having dinner with President Reagan is hilarious. Seller Inventory # 003064
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Trying to Save Piggy Sneed (Bloomsbury Classics
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Bloomsbury Classics / Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London, 1995
ISBN 10: 074751996X
ISBN 13: 9780747519966
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 184pp. First published 1993; this copy, stated: "This edition published 1995" with no number line or printings cited. Black cloth with brilliant gilt lettering and design elements on spine. Light yellow dustwrapper not price-clipped ([BPS] 9.95 net), with patterned red lines connecting vertical two-tone discs in background for lighter yellow author name and title box at middle front cover; slight rubbing wear at top two corners and in thin line across top spine end, only hint of ruffling across top edges due to dw riding too high. Binding tight, corners sharp, No rubbing wear (dw did its job), No previous owner names. Clean text. Seller Inventory # 001279
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