New York, NY, U.S.A.: Pocket Books Inc., 1982. Please email us if you would like further information or if you would like us to send you a picture of the book. Thanks for looking!. Mass Market Paperback. Good +. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

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The 158-Pound Marriage, author John Irving's third published novel, revolves around an unidentified narrator, a college professor, and a mediocre novelist. The narrator met his wife Utch, an orphaned survivor of WWII, in Vienna while doing research. They are a relatively happy couple; their family rounded out by two children. At a faculty party, they meet Severin Winter, a Viennese-born professor and coach of the college wrestling team, and his wife, Edith. The couple's interests (Edith is an aspiring fiction writer, and Severin has a commonality with Utch's upbringing in Austria) and resulting infatuations between the couples lead to after-dinner partner-swapping. At first, the swinging goes smoothly, but eventually, uneven feelings and obsessions throw the couples off track. The title, The 158-Pound Marriage , refers to the 158-pound weight class in wrestling, which Severin, the coach, feels is the most competitive. The book is small, only 176 pages, compared to Irving's later weighty tomes, like the 610 page The World According to Garp ( 1978) and The Cider House Rules (1985), which is 973 pages.

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Bookseller: Wally's books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000358
Title: The 158-Pound Marriage
Author: Irving, John
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Good +
ISBN 10: 0671468111
ISBN 13: 9780671468118
Publisher: Pocket Books Inc.
Place of Publication: New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1982
Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
Keywords: Fiction MAN WOMAN RELATIONSHIPS FICTION MARRIED PEOPLE NEW ENGLAND AMERICAN FICTIONAL WORKS AUTHOR GENERAL LITERARY

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