A Son Of The Circus by John Irving

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Bibliographic Details

• Author: John Irving
• Title: A Son Of The Circus
• Publisher: ‎ Random House (January 1, 1994)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover w/Deckle Edge – 633 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 0679434968
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0679434962
• Item Weight: ‎ 3.0 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 9.5 x 2.3 x 6.5 inches
• Book Condition: Used – Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Synopsis:

A Hindi film star, an American missionary, a pair of twins separated at birth, a diminutive chauffeur, and a serial killer collide in a riotous novel by the author of The World According to Garp.

“Dr. Farrokh Daruwalla, reared in Bombay by maverick foes of tradition, educated in Vienna, married to an Austrian and long a resident of Toronto, is a 59-year-old without a country, culture, or religion to call his own. . . . The novel may not be 'about' India, but Irving's imagined India, which Daruwalla visits periodically, is a remarkable achievement—a pandemonium of servants and clubmen, dwarf clowns and transvestite whores, missionaries and movie stars. This is a land of energetic colliding egos, of modern media clashing with ancient cultures, of broken sexual boundaries.”—New York Newsday

About the Author:

John Irving published his first novel, Setting Free the Bears, in 1968. He has been nominated for a National Book Award three times-winning once, in 1980, for the novel The World According to Garp. He also received an O. Henry Award, in 1981, for the short story "Interior Space."

In 1992, Mr. Irving was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules-a film with seven Academy Award nominations. In 2001, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

For more information about the author, please visit www.john-irving.com