The World According to Garp

Book by Irving, John
This is the life of T.S. Garp, the bastard son of Jenny Fields-a feminist leader ahead of her time.  This is the life and death of a famous mother and her almost famous son: theirs is a world of sexual extremes-even of sexual assassinations.  It is a novel rich with "lunacy and sorrow"; yet the dark, violent events of the story do not undermine a comedy both ribald and robust.

"The most powerful and profound novel about women written by a man in our generation... Like all extraordinary books, Garp defies synopsis.... A marvelous, important, permanent novel by a serious artist of remarkable powers."  - Chicago Sun-Times