The world according to Garp : a novel / by John Irving.
| Author/creator | Irving, John, 1942- |
| Other author | Irving, John, 1942- inscriber. |
| Other author | Wright, Stuart, 1948-, former owner. |
| Other author | Rouben Mamoulian Collection (Library of Congress) |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : E.P. Dutton, ©1978. |
| Description | 437 pages ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Subjects |
| Abstract | The pace and language of this novel (filled with stories) are suited to Garp's life anc career: explosive with energy, full of ribaldry and a sense of doom. |
| Local note | Joyner Wright Coll. copy inscribed: "To Stuart Wright - John Irving." Enclosed: Stuart Wright holograph note : "Garp : 1) Inscribed 1st ; 2) Advance Review copy (Madden) ; 3 Imp TLS to Fred Chappell from Irving (7 April 78) 3 items in lot" ; 2) John Irving, Putney, VT, Letter to "Dear Fred Chappell" thanking him for sending him copy of his review of Garp (7 April 1978). Hardcover, includes dust jacket.Stuart Wright Book Collection #108.4. See also related manuscript material in the Stuart Wright Collection, #1169, Fred Chappell Papers, in Joyner Library Special Collections. |
| Local note | Little-129938 - $3.98 |
| General note | "A Henry Robbins book." |
| Other forms | Also issued online. |
| Acquisitions source | Joyner Wright Coll. copy purchased from Stuart Wright, 2011 |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Irving, John, 1942- World according to Garp. 1st ed. New York : E.P. Dutton, c1978 |
| LCCN | 77015564 |
| ISBN | 0525237704 |
| ISBN | 9780525237709 |