John Irving
Noun
Meaning
United States writer of darkly humorous novels (born in 1942)
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Examples
Anything I've ever read by John Irving has been really well written.
John Irving once told me he doesn't start a novel until he knows the last sentence. I said, 'My God, Irving, isn't that like working in a factory?'
“An aura of fate had marked him,” John Irving writes, of Juan Diego.
The cards were collated and sold for charity in book form in August 2008. citation On 1 and 2 August 2006, she read alongside Stephen King and John Irving at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
The 2021 lineup, which explores the topic of desire, includes Jericho Brown, John Irving, Susan Choi, and Key West resident Judy Blume.
Readers who love hefty family sagas in the style of John Irving, and are drawn to literary fiction will enjoy this book.