JOHN
IRVING
Synopsis
from Goodreads: His
wife wants out. His mistress wants a baby. The underground filmmaker
he works for wants to make a movie of his life: a documentary of
failure. Bogus Trumper is a wayward knight-errant in the battle of
the sexes, with only his weapon to blame. His complaint is more
serious than Portnoy's-- Portnoy never had to drink all that water.
Stats
for my copy: Mass market
paperback, Pocket Books, 1972.
How
acquired: Bought.
My
thoughts: This
is the second John Irving book I've read. I started collecting
everything I came across by him after reading THE CIDER HOUSE RULES,
which I loved. Either it's just been a long time since I read Cider
House, or this book is just really different. Not to say I didn't
enjoy it, because I did. The narrative is somewhat disjointed and
bounces back and forth between first person and third person POV, and
between the past and the present, so at times it was a little
confusing. I didn't love it as much as Cider House, but I did like it
enough to want to read more from Mr. Irving.
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