IRVING, John. The World According to Garp. NY, 1978. FIRST EDITION, ADVANCE READING COPY, TOM WOLFE'S COPY. WITH IRVING'S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in.
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May 3, 2022
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IRVING, John (b.1942). The World According to Garp. New York: E. P. Dutton 1978.
8vo. Original printed wrappers; cloth slipcase. Provenance: Tom Wolfe (1930-2018), American author (letter from Irving's editor laid-in).
FIRST EDITION, ADVANCE READING COPY, TOM WOLFE'S COPY, with a typed letter signed from Irving's editor, Henry Robbins: "Dear Tom: My enthusiasm for John Irving's The World According to Garp is boundless, and I hope you will accept the invitation extended on the back of this advance copy." Also with original press release laid in.
John Irving's breakout fourth novel The World According to Garp was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction in 1979, and was adapted to film in 1982. Tom Wolfe famously feuded with Irving, John Updike, and Norman Mailer after their reception to hisnovel A Man in Full, published in 1998. WITH IRVING'S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in.
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