Word: garp
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...World According to Garp, Irving...
Kalki, Gore Vidal ∙ The World According to Garp, John Irving
FICTION: The World According to Garp, John Irving ∙ Final Payments, Mary Gordon ∙ The Human Factor, Graham Greene ∙ Another I, Another You, Richard Schickel Kalki, Gore Vidal
...novel is strategically seeded with role reversals. Garp, raised on the campus of a New England boys' school where his mother is head nurse, exhibits strong maternal instincts. When his wife decides to have an affair, she behaves with all the distracting caution of the philandering commuter. The most striking sexual suspect is Roberta Muldoon, formerly Robert, a transsexual who once played tight end for the Philadelphia Eagles. She is Garp's closest friend and squash partner...
FICTION: Daniel Martin, John Fowles Final Payments, Mary Gordon The Human Factor, Graham Greene The World According to Garp, John Irving