John Irving

John Winslow Irving (born John Wallace Blunt Jr.; March 2, 1942) is an American-Canadian novelist and screenwriter. Irving achieved critical and popular acclaim after the international success of The World According to Garp in 1978. Many of Irving's novels, including The Cider House Rules (1985), A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989), and A Widow for One Year (1998), have been bestsellers. He won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in the 72nd Academy Awards (1999) for his script of The Cider House Rules.Five of his novels have been adapted into films (Garp, Hotel, Meany, Cider, Widow). Several of Irving's books (Garp, Meany, Widow) and short stories have been set in and around Phillips Exeter Academy in the town of Exeter, New Hampshire.

Books by John Irving

John Irving: The cider house rules (Paperback, 1997, Ballantine Books)

The cider house rules

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John Irving: A Son of the Circus (Paperback, 1999, Ballantine Books)

A Son of the Circus

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John Irving: A Prayer for Owen Meany (Paperback, 1990, Black Swan)

A Prayer for Owen Meany

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John Irving, John Irving: The Fourth Hand (Paperback, 2003, Ballantine Books)

The Fourth Hand

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John Irving: Setting free the bears (1997, Ballantine Books)

Setting free the bears

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John Irving: Una Mujer Dificil (Paperback, Spanish language, 2004, TusQuets Editores, S.A.)

Una Mujer Dificil

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John Irving: Il mondo secondo Garp (Italian language, 2013)

Il mondo secondo Garp

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