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Description

"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."  *The New York Times Book Review "CANDID . . . COLORFUL . . . Those who have followed John Irving's writing career will... read more

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First Sentence

This is a memoir, but please understand that (to any writer with a good imagination) all memoirs are false.

Authors & Contributors

  1. John Irving (Author)
 

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