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John Irving


Setting Free the Bears, in 1968. He has been nominated for a National Book Award three times–winning once, in 1980, for the novel The World According to Garp. He also received an O. Henry Award, in 1981, for the short story “Interior Space.” In 1992, Mr. Irving was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules–a film with seven Academy Award nominations. In 2001, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Last Night in Twisted River is John Irving’s...

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Last Night in Twisted River
Written by John Irving

Trade Paperback | 528 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction
978-0-307-39837-6 (0-307-39837-4)

June 15, 2010 | $23.00

(Available June 15, 2010)


From the author of A Widow for One Year, A Prayer for Owen Meany and other acclaimed novels, comes a story of a father and a son - fugitives in 20th-century North America.

In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, a twelve-year-old boy mistakes...


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Last Night in Twisted River
Written by John Irving

Trade Paperback | 880 pages | Random House Large Print | Fiction - Literary
978-0-375-43528-7 (0-375-43528-X)

October 27, 2009 | $35.00



In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, an anxious twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local constable’s girlfriend for a bear. Both the twelve-year-old and his father become fugitives, forced to run from Coos County–to Boston, to southern Vermont, to Toronto–pursued by the implacable constable...


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Last Night in Twisted River
Written by John Irving
Read by Arthur Morey

Unabridged Compact Disc | pages | Random House Audio | Fiction
978-0-7393-2032-7 (0-7393-2032-7)

October 27, 2009 | $73.00



In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, an anxious twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local constable’s girlfriend for a bear. Both the twelve-year-old and his father become fugitives, forced to run from Coos County–to Boston, to southern Vermont, to Toronto–pursued by the implacable constable...


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Last Night in Twisted River
Written by John Irving
Read by Arthur Morey

Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | Fiction
978-0-7393-2033-4 (0-7393-2033-5)

October 27, 2009 | $39.95



In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, an anxious twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local constable’s girlfriend for a bear. Both the twelve-year-old and his father become fugitives, forced to run from Coos County–to Boston, to southern Vermont, to Toronto–pursued by the implacable constable...


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Last Night in Twisted River
Written by John Irving

eBook | pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction
978-0-307-37303-8 (0-307-37303-7)

October 20, 2009 | $34.95



From the author of A Widow for One Year, A Prayer for Owen Meany and other acclaimed novels, comes a story of a father and a son - fugitives in 20th-century North America.

In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, a twelve-year-old boy mistakes...


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Last Night in Twisted River
Written by John Irving

Hardcover | 576 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction
978-0-307-39836-9 (0-307-39836-6)

October 20, 2009 | $34.95



From the author of A Widow for One Year, A Prayer for Owen Meany and other acclaimed novels, comes a story of a father and a son - fugitives in 20th-century North America.

In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, a twelve-year-old boy mistakes...


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Until I Find You
Written by John Irving

eBook | 848 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction
978-0-307-37134-8 (0-307-37134-4)

February 24, 2009 | $23.00



Until I Find You is the story of the actor Jack Burns – his life, loves, celebrity and astonishing search for the truth about his parents.

When he is four years old, Jack travels with his mother Alice, a tattoo artist, to several North Sea ports in search of his father...

Also available as an unabridged audiobook download and a trade paperback.

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Until I Find You
Written by John Irving

Trade Paperback | 848 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction
978-0-676-97717-2 (0-676-97717-0)

May 30, 2006 | $23.00



Until I Find You is the story of the actor Jack Burns – his life, loves, celebrity and astonishing search for the truth about his parents.

When he is four years old, Jack travels with his mother Alice, a tattoo artist, to several North Sea ports in search of his father...

Also available as an unabridged audiobook download and an eBook.

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Until I Find You
Written by John Irving
Read by Arthur Morey

Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | Fiction - Literary
978-0-7393-4154-4 (0-7393-4154-5)

April 18, 2006 | $38.00



Until I Find You is the story of the actor Jack Burns – his life, loves, celebrity and astonishing search for the truth about his parents.

When he is four years old, Jack travels with his mother Alice, a tattoo artist, to several North Sea ports in search of his father...

Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.

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Until I Find You (Part A)
Written by John Irving
Read by Arthur Morey

Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | Fiction
978-0-7393-2030-3 (0-7393-2030-0)

July 12, 2005 | $19.95



Until I Find You is the story of the actor Jack Burns – his life, loves, celebrity and astonishing search for the truth about his parents.

When he is four years old, Jack travels with his mother Alice, a tattoo artist, to several North Sea ports in search of his father...


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Until I Find You (Part B)
Written by John Irving
Read by Arthur Morey

Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | Fiction
978-0-7393-3243-6 (0-7393-3243-0)

July 12, 2005 | $19.95



Until I Find You is the story of the actor Jack Burns – his life, loves, celebrity and astonishing search for the truth about his parents.

When he is four years old, Jack travels with his mother Alice, a tattoo artist, to several North Sea ports in search of his father...


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A Widow for One Year
Written by John Irving
Read by George Guidall

Unabridged Compact Disc | pages | Random House Audio | Fiction - Literary
978-0-7393-2091-4 (0-7393-2091-2)

July 12, 2005 | $64.95



Ruth Cole is a complex, often self-contradictory character--a "difficult" woman.  By no means is she conventionally "nice," but she will never be forgotten.

Ruth's story is told in three parts, each focusing on a crucial time in her life.  When we first meet her--on Long Island, in the summer of 1958--Ruth is only four.

The...


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A Widow for One Year
Written by John Irving
Read by George Guidall

Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | Fiction - Literary
978-0-7393-2092-1 (0-7393-2092-0)

July 12, 2005 | $30.00



Ruth Cole is a complex, often self-contradictory character--a "difficult" woman.  By no means is she conventionally "nice," but she will never be forgotten.

Ruth's story is told in three parts, each focusing on a crucial time in her life.  When we first meet her--on Long Island, in the summer of 1958--Ruth is only four.

The...

Also available as an unabridged audio CD, hardcover and a trade paperback.

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The World According to Garp
Written by John Irving
Read by Michael Prichard

Unabridged Compact Disc | pages | Random House Audio | Fiction - Literary
978-0-7393-2089-1 (0-7393-2089-0)

July 12, 2005 | $64.95



The World According to Garp is a comic and compassionate coming-of-age novel that established John Irving as one of the most imaginative writers of his generation. A worldwide bestseller since its publication in 1978, Irving's classic is filled with stories inside stories about the life and times of T. S. Garp...


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The World According to Garp
Written by John Irving
Read by Michael Prichard

Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | Fiction - Literary
978-0-7393-2090-7 (0-7393-2090-4)

July 12, 2005 | $30.00



The World According to Garp is a comic and compassionate coming-of-age novel that established John Irving as one of the most imaginative writers of his generation. A worldwide bestseller since its publication in 1978, Irving's classic is filled with stories inside stories about the life and times of T. S. Garp...


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