The World According to Garp

by John Irving · first published 1978

The World According to Garp is a 1978 novel by John Irving, his fourth. It follows T. S. Garp, who is conceived when his mother, Jenny Fields, a nurse, rapes a severely brain-damaged soldier in her care, and who grows up to become a novelist. The book was a bestseller for several years. It was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction in 1979, and its first paperback edition won the award the following year.

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Genre:

LGBT-related

Original language:

American English

Reader rating:

★ 5.0 / 5 (1 on Open Library)

Year page:

1978