{"product_id":"2940169093759","title":"The World According to Garp: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA special 40th anniversary edition of the bestselling coming-of-age classic novel by John Irving, with a new introduction by the author.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the tragicomic tone of its first sentence to its mordantly funny last lineamp;mdash;\"we are all terminal cases\"amp;mdash;\u003ci\u003eThe World According to Garp\u003c\/i\u003e maintains a breakneck pace. The subject of sexual hatredamp;mdash;of intolerance of sexual minorities and differencesamp;mdash;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 printamp;mdash;\u003ci\u003eGarp\u003c\/i\u003e is the precursor of John Irving's later protest novels.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47161326665968,"sku":"2940169093759","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169093759_p0.jpg?v=1763671819","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169093759","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}