ISBN: 9780345418005

“John Irving, it is abundantly clear, is a true artist.”—Los Angeles TimesFred Bogus Trumper has troubles. A divorced, broke graduate student of Old Norse in 1970s … More...

“John Irving, it is abundantly clear, is a true artist.”—Los Angeles TimesFred Bogus Trumper has troubles. A divorced, broke graduate student of Old Norse in 1970s New York, Trumper is a wayward knight-errant in the battle of the sexes and the pursuit of happiness: His ex-wife has moved in with his childhood best friend, his life is the subject of a tell-all movie, and his chronic urinary tract infection requires surgery. Trumper is determined to change. There's only one problem: it seems the harder he tries to alter his adolescent ways, the more he is drawn to repeating the mistakes of the past. . . . Written when Irving was twenty-nine, Trumper's tale of woe is told with all the wit and humor that would become Irving's trademark.“Three or four times as funny as most novels.”—The New YorkerPraise for The Water-Method Man“Friendship, marriage, and family are his primary themes, but at that blundering level of life where mishap and folly—something close to joyful malice—perpetually intrude and distrupt, often fatally. Life, in [John] Irving's fiction, is always under siege. Harm and disarray are daily fare, as if the course of love could not run true. . . . Irving's multiple manner . . . his will to come at the world from different directions, is one of the outstandint traits of The World According to Garp, but this remarkable flair for . . . stories inside stories . . . isalready handled with mastery . . . and with a freedom almost wanton in The Water-Method Man [which is Garp's predecessor by six years].”—Terrence Des Pres“Brutal reality and hallucination, comedy and pathos. A rich, unified tapestry.”—Time Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Fiction>Fiction>Literary Fict, Random House Publishing Group Core >1<

2001, ISBN: 9780345418005

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: BALLANTINE BOOKS], Neuware - 'John Irving, it is abundantly clear, is a true artist.'-Los Angeles TimesFred 'Bogus' Trumper has troubles. A divorced, broke graduat… More...

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: BALLANTINE BOOKS], Neuware - 'John Irving, it is abundantly clear, is a true artist.'-Los Angeles TimesFred 'Bogus' Trumper has troubles. A divorced, broke graduate student of Old Norse in 1970s New York, Trumper is a wayward knight-errant in the battle of the sexes and the pursuit of happiness: His ex-wife has moved in with his childhood best friend, his life is the subject of a tell-all movie, and his chronic urinary tract infection requires surgery. Trumper is determined to change. There's only one problem: it seems the harder he tries to alter his adolescent ways, the more he is drawn to repeating the mistakes of the past. . . . Written when Irving was twenty-nine, Trumper's tale of woe is told with all the wit and humor that would become Irving's trademark.'Three or four times as funny as most novels.'-The New YorkerPraise for The Water-Method Man'Friendship, marriage, and family are his primary themes, but at that blundering level of life where mishap and folly-something close to joyful malice-perpetually intrude and distrupt, often fatally. Life, in [John] Irving's fiction, is always under siege. Harm and disarray are daily fare, as if the course of love could not run true. . . . Irving's multiple manner . . . his will to come at the world from different directions, is one of the outstandint traits of The World According to Garp, but this remarkable flair for . . . stories inside stories . . . isalready handled with mastery . . . and with a freedom almost wanton in The Water-Method Man [which is Garp's predecessor by six years].'-Terrence Des Pres'Brutal reality and hallucination, comedy and pathos. A rich, unified tapestry.'-Time, DE, [SC: 3.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, 211x141x24 mm, 288, [GW: 276g], Banküberweisung, PayPal, Internationaler Versand<

1997, ISBN: 9780345418005

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Random House Publishing Group], "John Irving, it is abundantly clear, is a true artist."-Los Angeles TimesFred "Bogus" Trumper has troubles. A divorced, broke grad… More...

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Random House Publishing Group], "John Irving, it is abundantly clear, is a true artist."-Los Angeles TimesFred "Bogus" Trumper has troubles. A divorced, broke graduate student of Old Norse in 1970s New York, Trumper is a wayward knight-errant in the battle of the sexes and the pursuit of happiness: His ex-wife has moved in with his childhood best friend, his life is the subject of a tell-all movie, and his chronic urinary tract infection requires surgery. Trumper is determined to change. There's only one problem: it seems the harder he tries to alter his adolescent ways, the more he is drawn to repeating the mistakes of the past. . . . Written when Irving was twenty-nine, Trumper's tale of woe is told with all the wit and humor that would become Irving's trademark."Three or four times as funny as most novels."-The New YorkerPraise for The Water-Method Man"Friendship, marriage, and family are his primary themes, but at that blundering level of life where mishap and folly-something close to joyful malice-perpetually..., DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, 288, [GW: 276g], Ballantine Bks, PayPal, [CT: Sonstiges / Sonstiges]<

1997, ISBN: 9780345418005

Random House Publishing Group, Taschenbuch, 288 Seiten, Publiziert: 1997-06-23T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: 9780345418005, 0.6 kg, Verkaufsrang: 796935, Gegenwartsliter… More...

Random House Publishing Group, Taschenbuch, 288 Seiten, Publiziert: 1997-06-23T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: 9780345418005, 0.6 kg, Verkaufsrang: 796935, Gegenwartsliteratur, Literatur & Fiktion, Kategorien, Bücher, US-amerikanische Lyrik, Regionen & Kulturkreise, Lyrik, Unterhaltungsliteratur, Anthologien, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Zeitgenössisch, Übernatürliche Welten & Urban, Paranormalität, Militär, Action & Abenteuer, Drachen & Mystische Kreaturen, Englische Bücher, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_2301, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_0, Arborist Merchandising Root, Autoren, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_7701, Fremdsprachige Bücher, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_4901, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_0, Special Features Stores, Taschenbücher, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_4201, Random House Publishing Group, 1997<