{"id":13746,"date":"2020-09-27T05:27:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-27T12:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/?p=13746"},"modified":"2021-09-30T11:29:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T18:29:54","slug":"featured-john-irving-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/archives\/featured-john-irving-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured: John Irving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"first3words\">John Irving is a National Book Award winning novelist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter. <\/span> Irving achieved critical acclaim in 1978 after the publication of\u00a0 his novel The World According to Garp<em>. <\/em>Since then every one of his novels has gone on to become an international best-seller.<a href=\"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/P1110504.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatR size-medium wp-image-13762\" title=\"Signed by John Irving\" src=\"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/P1110504-253x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"106\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/P1110504-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/P1110504.jpg 677w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 106px) 100vw, 106px\" \/><\/a> Currently John Irving lives in Vermont with his family. He continues to work on his books and screen adaptations. He has proved himself as a \u2018comic genius\u2019 of this era and a brilliant storyteller.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em> <span style=\"font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Description: <\/strong><\/span> <\/em><span class=\"first3words\">SIGNED BY JOHN IRVING <\/span>on the half title page. Hard bound with dust jacket. 3rd printing of the 1st edition. Some minor shelf wear to dust jacket. Sunning to red letters on spine edge of dust jacket. Some foxing to page edges, otherwise very good with interior clean and binding sound. A scarce signed copy of one of Irving&#8217;s most sought after books.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Bookseller Inventory #<\/strong>30322<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/24750.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13751\" title=\"The World According to Garp Signed by John Irving\" src=\"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/24750-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/24750-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/24750.jpg 481w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a> <span class=\"sold\">SOLD<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The World According To Garp<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Irving, John<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> E P Dutton<br \/>\n<strong>Publication Date:<\/strong> 1978<br \/>\n<strong>Binding:<\/strong> <span id=\"biblio-binding\">Hard Cover<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Book Condition:<\/strong> <span id=\"biblio-bookcondition\">Very Good<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Dust Jacket Condition:<\/strong><span id=\"biblio-dustjacketcondition\">Very Good<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Signed:<\/strong> <span id=\"biblio-signed\">Signed by Author<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Irving is a National Book Award winning novelist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter. Irving achieved critical acclaim in 1978 after the publication of\u00a0 his novel The World According to Garp. Since then every one of his novels has gone on to become an international best-seller. Currently John Irving lives in Vermont with his family. 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