books by John Irving     books:     John Irving      A Prayer for Owen Meany John Irving Ballantine Books, 1990 Hold onto your hats, this is a wild ride As with other John Irving novels, this one has a sometimes meandering style that is chock full of minutiae. The author is a master craftsman of descriptive language, and it may be initially unclear what many of the details have to do with the evolving story. The book ...             Trying to Save Piggy Sneed John Irving Ballantine Books, 1997 LOVE John Irving I have nothing bad to say about anything that John Irving has written, and this is no exception. His short stories and memoirs are as intriguing and captivating as his novels and I enjoyed every minute of this compilation             A Widow for One Year (Modern Library of the World's Best Books) John Irving Modern Library, 2003 A Widow for One Year An absorbing and quite a disturbing novel on so many levels. Vintage Irving at his best. Loved it as I do all of this great writer's books. Five stars at the very least.             The Hotel New Hampshire (Ballantine Reader's Circle) John Irving Ballantine Books, 1997 The Hotel New Hampshire Poignant, brilliant, bizarre - you name it's there. Anything with German language, bears, motorbikes and bears, hotels, bizarre deaths, the old lesbian or brother/sister unnatural love is going to go down well, isn't it? Five stars and counting             The Water-Method Man John Irving Ballantine Books, 1997 Dear John This, my first John Irving Novel, has resurrected the rare feeling one gets from well written novels (the `good reading' feeling). This feeling is hard to bring about these days. It makes me wonder whether I should be looking for good novels written twenty and even ...             The 158-Pound Marriage (Ballantine Reader's Circle) John Irving Ballantine Books, 1997 A Master of Craft, Plot, and Characterization This is the second book I've read by Irving, and I have to admit he's quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. The book is about two married couples who meet well after they've each established a family and mode of life. Though neither couple seemingly would ...             The World According to Garp John Irving Ballantine Books, 1990 Fatalistic, yet optimistic The accomplished fantasist Gene Wolfe has been quoted as saying that his definition of good literature is "that which can be read with pleasure by an educated reader, and re-read with increased pleasure." By that standard, The World According to Garp, at least in my ...             A Prayer for Owen Meany John Irving Black Swan, 1990 A Prayer for Owen Meany I loved this story for so many reasons: the writing style (John Irving is the best), the well-defined characters especially Owen - such a bizarre little man, the bigger issues - war, love, peace, friendship ties - and of course the car scene. Exquisite. Humorous and ...             The Cider House Rules: A Novel (Modern Library) John Irving Modern Library, 1999 Not only a good read, but this book might make you understand men better This book is a wonderful read; engaging and well written. What is remarkable about it is that the writer is able to depict men so well; how they think, how they behave. All the motivations and emotions are covered with each male character which was especially appealing ...             Until I Find You: A Novel John Irving Ballantine Books, 2006 Getting older with John Irving I've been an Irving reader and mostly a fan since "Setting Free the Bears" when it was published. I've grown older along with the writer, and perhaps that is why he is still a satisfying voice to me. I've been listening to "Until I Find You" in the car on CD, and ...             Setting Free the Bears John Irving Ballantine Books, 1997 From the beginning, a novelist of the first rank I really can't understand the head-up-the-assedness of many of these reviews. I loved this book when I first read it and I still love it now, having just finished it again. If John Irving believes that Setting Free the Bears would not be published as a first novel ...             Little Lulu Volume 1: My Dinner With Lulu (Little Lulu) John Stanley, Irving Tripp Dark Horse, 2005 First 5 Little Lulu Comics While this is 'volume 3' of Dark Horse Comics' reprint series of Little Lulu, it actual reprints the first 5 of the 10 "Four Color" Little Lulu comics (#74, 97, 110, 115, 120) which were published before Little Lulu got her own title. Hopefully volume 4 of the series ...             A Son of the Circus (Ballantine Reader's Circle) John Irving Ballantine Books, 1997 i read it thru india and felt india thru it i read it 10 years ago as i was working in india. It was the greater litterature experience i have ever lived. i discovered india thru it and i felt its atmosphere thru india. it is a great work of art putting all the feelings at their paroxysms. i loved india thru it, ...             The Fourth Hand John Irving Fawcett, 2003 Irving comes through One of John Irving's best endeavors, with an un-Irving like ending. Irving's descriptions are vivid and his storytelling becomes nearly poetic in much of this prose, however - I agree with others that this is an extremely readable encounter with Irving and would be ...             Marge's Little Lulu Volume 4: Lulu Goes Shopping John Stanley, Irving Tripp Dark Horse, 2004 A Classic Loved By Many - U Go Lulu !!! I was very pleased to see that Dark Horse Books have taken on the task of reprinting the Little Lulu comics. Much like the Peanuts serial reissues this book (Vol 1) gives you all the LuLu comics from issues #6 - #12. Vol 2 & 3 are soon on their way. 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