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“ The Imaginary Girlfriend is a miniature autobiography detailing Irving’s parallel careers of writing and wrestling. . . . Tales of encounters with writers (John Cheever, Nelson Algren, Kurt Vonnegut) are intertwined with those about his wrestling teammates and coaches. With humor and... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Brendan: Add a description of this character.
- Colin
- Caswell
- Ted Seabrooke
- Lee Hall
- Don Hendrie
- Larry Palmer
- Cliff Gallagher
- Pitt
- Greene
- George Bennett
- Mike Johnson
- Warnick
- David Plimpton
- Eric Ross
- Sherman Moyer
- Robertson Davies
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Mr. Algren
- Mr. Mayo-smith
- Johnny
- John Yount
- Everett
- Krulak
- Max
First Sentence edit
Writing wasn'taught-the essay was all-important there-but in my years at the academy I nevertheless wrote more short stories than anything else; I showed them (out of class) to George Bennett, my best friend'father.
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- John Irving (Author)
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Page Count: 168
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Page Count: 168
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- Dewey: 813.54
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