{"product_id":"book-cwmp","title":"The World According to Garp","description":"\u003cb\u003eA special \u003cb\u003e40th anniversary edition of the\u003c\/b\u003e bestselling coming-of-age classic novel by John Irving, with a new introduction by the author. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"He is more than popular. He is a Populist, determined to keep alive the Dickensian tradition that revels in colorful set pieces...and teaches moral lessons.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The opening sentence of John Irving's breakout novel, \u003ci\u003eThe World According to Garp\u003c\/i\u003e, signals the start of sexual violence, which becomes increasingly political. \"Garp's mother, Jenny Fields, was arrested in Boston in 1942 for wounding a man in a movie theater.\" Jenny is an unmarried nurse; she becomes a single mom and a feminist leader, beloved but polarizing. Her son, Garp, is less beloved, but no less polarizing. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the tragicomic tone of its first sentence to its mordantly funny last line--\"we are all terminal cases\"--\u003ci\u003eThe World According to Garp\u003c\/i\u003e maintains a breakneck pace. The subject of sexual hatred--of intolerance of sexual minorities and differences--runs the gamut of \"lunacy and sorrow.\" Winner of the National Book Award, \u003ci\u003eGarp\u003c\/i\u003e is a comedy with forebodings of doom. In more than thirty languages, in more than forty countries--with more than ten million copies in print--\u003ci\u003eGarp\u003c\/i\u003e is the precursor of John Irving's later protest novels.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49330667684144,"sku":"BDcwmp","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/cwmp-cover.jpg?v=1765324196","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-cwmp","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}