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In One Person
by Irving, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-Collectible/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1451664125
- ISBN 13
- 9781451664126
- Seller
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Argillite, Kentucky, United States
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About This Item
NY: Simon and Schuster, 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth spine. Very Good-Collectible/Near Fine. 6.5"x9.5" 425 pgs. First printing. Steel gray boards. Gray cloth w/mint letters on spine. DJ design by Jackie Seow. Jacket photo by Mark Dye. Author photo by Jane Sobel Klonsky. Book designed by Nancy Singer. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped. PON inside front boards. Edge wear to bottom edge of front board. Secure ship w/tracking number. 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." Source: Publisher.
Synopsis
The World According to Garp , which won the National Book Award in 1980, was John Irving’s fourth novel and his first international bestseller; it also became a George Roy Hill film. Tony Richardson wrote and directed the adaptation for the screen of The Hotel New Hampshire (1984). Irving’s novels are now translated into 35 languages, and he has had nine international bestsellers. Worldwide, the Irving novel most often called “an American classic” is A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989), the portrayal of an enduring friendship at a time when the Vietnam War had its most divisive effect on the United States. In 1992, John Irving was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. (He competed as a wrestler for 20 years, until he was 34, and coached the sport until he was 47.) In 2000, Irving won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules , a Lasse Hallström film that earned seven Academy Award nominations. Tod Williams wrote and directed The Door in the Floor , the 2004 film adapted from Irving’s ninth novel, A Widow for One Year . In One Person is John Irving’s 13th novel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blacks Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14507
- Title
- In One Person
- Author
- Irving, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover_cloth spine
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-Collectible
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1451664125
- ISBN 13
- 9781451664126
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 2012
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