![]() ![]() Irving switched publishers for this book, and his new publisher decided to promote the novel heavily. The first printing of Garp was reported at 35,000 copies none of Irving's previous books had sold even 5,000 copies, with one of them having had sales under 2000. The advance reading copy of his fourth novel and breakthrough book, which went into numerous printings, became a multi-million copy bestseller and a National Book Award winner in its paperback release. ![]() For their roles, John Lithgow and Glenn Close were respectively nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the 55th Academy Awards. It is the basis for the 1982 film produced and directed by George Roy Hill, written by Steve Tesich, and starring Robin Williams in the title role. Not only is it that he woke after the publication of The World According To Garp to find himself famous, but the extremity of his opinions and the nervous violence of his language recall that intemperate noleman, and like Byron, he would certainly say that love is no sinecure" (Robertson Davies). "There is something of Byron about John Irving. A worldwide bestseller since its publication in 1978, Irving's classic is filled with stories inside stories about the life of T.S. The World According To Garp is a comic and compassionate coming-of-age novel that established John Irving as one of the most imaginative writers of his generation. Boldly signed by John Irving on the title page. First edition of the Modern Library edition of the authorĂ¢ s breakthrough novel. ![]()
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