{"product_id":"9780676973822","title":"The World According to Garp","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the National Book Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Nothing in contemporary fiction matches it.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Wonderful . . . full of energy and art, at once funny and horrifying and heartbreaking.” —\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePowerful and political, with unforgettable characters and timeless themes, \u003ci\u003eThe World According to Garp\u003c\/i\u003e is John Irving’s breakout novel. The precursor of Irving’s later protest novels, it is the story of Jenny, an unmarried nurse who becomes a single mom and a feminist leader, beloved but polarizing—and of her son, Garp, less beloved, but no less polarizing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFrom 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 and violence—of intolerance of sexual minorities, and sexual differences—runs through the book, as relevant now as ever. Available in more than forty countries—with more than ten million copies in print—\u003ci\u003eGarp\u003c\/i\u003e is a comedy with forebodings of doom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Irving (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":47935449989342,"sku":"9780676973822","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0425\/4567\/6440\/files\/BNCImageAPI_2d5e6f5d-73ea-4bee-bc3d-ed38c372f779.jpg?v=1772074037","url":"https:\/\/paragraphbooks.com\/fr\/products\/9780676973822","provider":"Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}