'Absolutely Extraordinary...A Roller-coaster Ride That Leaves One Breathless, Exhausted, Elated, and Tearful' Los Angeles Times

'Like all extraordinary books, The World According to Garp defies synopsis...' wrote the Chicago Sun-Times when Garp was first published in 1978. It is a marvellous, important, permanent novel by a serious artist of remarkable powers...

Garp is a book that captivates all who read it. Peopled with the most extraordinary characters you will ever meet, here is a novel that will make you laugh, make you weep, and above all, make you think.

'A wonderful novel, full of energy and art, at once funny and heartbreaking. You know it is true. It is also terrific.'
Washington Post World

'Like all great works of art, Irving's novel seems always to have been there, a diamond sleeping in the dark, chipped out at last for our enrichment and delight ... As approachable as a it is brilliant, Garp pulses with vital energy'
Cosmopolitan

 
I bought a pile of eight John Irving books really, really cheap, mainly because A Prayer For Owen Meany was on the BBC Big Read list and I would need to get a copy at some point. However, when I saw the titles of the books I was a little startled to find I knew most of them...and how is it one man can write so many classic books! I'm really curious now to find out if I like his writing style, and if his famed books can touch me as they have so many others.