The Water-Method Man
Language: English
Published by Random House, New York, 1972
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Red Fox Rare Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Red Fox Rare Books
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Condition: Used - Very good
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New York: Random House, (1972). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 365 pp. Original half navy cloth over yellow paper-covered boards, stamped in blue, in original unclipped ($6.95) dust-jacket. Moderate edge wear with wrinkling - particular to spine, handling smudges and surface scratches . Tiny vertical tear to top front panel edge. Light curling to spine ends. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm.Light forward lean. Light wear to edges. Light curling to spine ends. Interior clean and unmarked. Dust Jacket: Very Good Hardcover: Very Good “In a 1972 review, Kirkus acknowledged the book’s "tremendous comic drive." Time greeted the novel with enthusiasm: "Brutal reality and hallucination, comedy and pathos. A rich, unified tapestry." Five of his novels have been adapted into films (Garp, Hotel, Meany, Cider, Widow). Several of Irving's books (Garp, Meany, Widow) and short stories have been set in and around Phillips Exeter Academy in the town of Exeter, New Hampshire.”.…
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- Title
- The Water-Method Man
- Author
- John Irving
- Publisher
- Random House, New York
- Publication year
- 1972
- Condition
- Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0394473329
- ISBN 13
- 9780394473321
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 450 grams
"Three or four times as funny as most novels."
THE NEW YORKER
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"John Irving, it is abundantly clear, is a true artist. He is not afraid to take on great themes" (Los Angeles Times)
"John Irving has been compared with Kurt Vonnegut and J. D. Salinger, but is arguably more inventive than either" (The Times)
"Three or four times as funny as most novels" (The New Yorker)
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