John Irving, Author, Joe Barrett, Read by, read by Joe Barrett. Brilliance Audio $49.99 (0p) ISBN 978-1-4233-9163-0. Joe Barrett captures the humor and sorrow of Irving's classic novel about faith ...

NEW YORK -- "I'd never written about a character that was as emotionally or psychologically close to me," says John Irving, leaning across the restaurant table. The character in question is Jack ...

Author John Irving at the Antonio Tapies Foundation in Barcelona in May 2006. HIs latest novel is “The Last Chairlift,” and maybe one of his last. By John Warner.

"No good novel is a mess," writes John Irving in his messy new novel, Avenue of Mysteries, "many so-called real lives are messy. In a good novel, everything important to the story comes from ...

Irving published his first novel in 1968 and is now 81. After all this time, Irving is relieved he was able to get his “hard” novels out of the way, so he can focus on his “easy” ones next.

John Irving, the acclaimed author of such classics as "The World According to Garp," "The Cider House Rules," and "A Prayer for Owen Meaney," is back with his first novel in seven years, one that ...

John Irving has written some of the most acclaimed books of our time, among them, "The World According to Garp," "A Widow for One Year," "A Prayer for Owen Meany" and "The Cider House Rules." He ...

The author of novels such as “The World According to Garp” and “The Cider House Rules” that examine the complexities of sexual differences and other social issues is this ye ...

At 900 pages, “The Last Chairlift,” his 15th novel, is an overstuffed family saga about a screenwriter very much like the author himself. By Alexandra Jacobs When you purchase an independently ...

John Irving speaks at a book discussion for his novel "Avenue of Mysteries" in June 2016 at Coral Gables Congregational Church in Miami. ... "I've written with the hope that the bigotry, ...