In One Person by John Irving

Description

Bibliographic Details

• Author: John Irving
• Title: In One Person
• Publisher: ‎ Simon & Schuster; First Simon & Schuster Hardcover Edition (May 8, 2012)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover w/Library Binding (Deckle Edge) – 425 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 1451664125
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1451664126
• Item Weight: ‎ 1.6 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 6.5 x 1.4 x 9.5 inches
• Book Condition: Used – Very Good (Former library book; may include the markings and stickers associated from the library.)
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good (Mylar Library Dust Jacket)
• Edition: First Simon & Schuster Hardcover Edition

Synopsis:

From the author of A Prayer for Owen Meany and The World According to Garp comes "his most daringly political, sexually transgressive, and moving novel in well over a decade" (Vanity Fair).

A New York Times bestselling novel of desire, secrecy, and sexual identity, In One Person is a story of unfulfilled love—tormented, funny, and affecting—and an impassioned embrace of our sexual differences. Billy, the bisexual narrator and main character of In One Person, tells the tragicomic story (lasting more than half a century) of his life as a "sexual suspect," a phrase first used by John Irving in 1978 in his landmark novel of "terminal cases," The World According to Garp.

In One Person is a poignant tribute to Billy’s friends and lovers—a theatrical cast of characters who defy category and convention. Not least, In One Person is an intimate and unforgettable portrait of the solitariness of a bisexual man who is dedicated to making himself "worthwhile."

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