Trying to Save Piggy Sneed
Here is a treat for John Irving addicts and a perfect introduction to his work for the uninitiated. To open this spirited collection, Irving explains how he became a writer. There follow six scintillating stories written over the last twenty years ending with a homage to Charles Dickens. This irresistible collection cannot fail to delight and charm.
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May 8, 2012
JOHN IRVING was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1942. His first novel, Setting Free the Bears, was published in 1968, when he was twenty-six. He competed as a wrestler for twenty years, and coached wrestling until he was forty-seven. In 1992, he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Mr. Irving has been nominated for a National Book Award three times—winning once, in 1980, for his novel The World According to Garp. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules. In 2013, Mr. Irving won a Lambda Literary Award for his novel In One Person. Internationally renowned, his books have been translated into more than thirty-five…
Queen Esther
John Irving
The Last Chairlift
John Irving
The World According to Garp
John Irving New Introduction by John Irving
The World According to Garp
John Irving; Introduction by John Irving
Avenue of Mysteries
John Irving
In One Person
John Irving
The Imaginary Girlfriend
John Irving
Trying to Save Piggy Sneed
John Irving
Last Night in Twisted River
John Irving
Until I Find You
John Irving
The Fourth Hand
John Irving
A Christmas Carol and Other Stories
Charles Dickens Introduction by John Irving