Word: garp
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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McInerney's was the first fresh literary voice to attract national attention since John Irving finally arrived with The World According to Garp in 1978. McInerney made it faster, with less talent, by being in the right place at the right time. He also had a personal life that ran parallel to his fiction. Bright Lights caused a small stir by caricaturing a magazine that resembled the author's former employer, The New Yorker. The novel's more capitalizing feature was that its hero and his pals were regulars at Odeon and other lower- Manhattan spots that were trendy...
Irving, author of "The World According to Garp" and "The Hotel New Hampshire," also gave a sneak preview of his latest venture and fielded questions from the more than 40 people at the Lamont Library forum room...
Irving achieved national popularity in 1978 with "The World According to Garp," his first bestseller which became a blockbuster movie starring Robin Williams. His next novel, "The Hotel New Hampshire" also sold millions and made it to the silver screen...
...girlfriend who ODed near the Afghan border, and the presence of his Hollywood producer-director father. McInerney has an unfortunate penchant for Christian metaphors, and his story is heavy with meditations about redemption. A pity; the rest of the way he is as good as the pre-Garp John Irving. All McInerney needs, like his heroes, is to grow up a little...
...script is not Close's only problem here. She is also grossly miscast. She is by far too wholesome and maternal looking to be convincingly sexy as Maxie. In The Natural, she was an angel; in Garp, she was immaculately conceived. Thus, when Close slinks around a piano cooing "Bye Bye Blackbird," it's kind of disturbing, like watching your mother do a striptease...