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...Garp, the writer-hero of The World According to Garp, is bearlike. He is short, powerfully built, a former schoolboy wrestler, a man dedicated to physical fitness, writing fiction, cooking and keeping house while his wife teaches literature to arrogant, randy college students. Garp is also fiercely protective of his two children: "There was so much to worry about, when worrying about children, and Garp worried so much about everything; at times, especially in these throes of insomnia, Garp thought himself to be psychologically unfit for parenthood. Then he worried about that, too, and felt all the more anxious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Love, Art and the Last Puritan | 4/24/1978 | See Source »

...Bloodline, Sheldon (1 last week) 2. The Thorn Birds, McCullough (3> 3. Scruples, Krantz (2) 4. The Human Factor, Greene (7) 5. The Silmarillion, Tolkien (5) 6. The Holcroft Covenant, Ludlum 7. The Women's Room, French (8) 8. The Honourable Schoolboy. Le Carre (4) 9. A Stranger is Watching, Clark (JO) lO.Whisile,Jones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: Best Sellers | 4/17/1978 | See Source »

...Honourable Schoolboy, Le Carre...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: Best Sellers | 4/10/1978 | See Source »

...Tiger co-captain Jon Gross; Harvard tied for the league title with that win...smart doubles player, good volleyer, better in singles with improved groundstrokes this year...terror in Palmer-Dixon...key to game is return of serve, since he holds serve well...won Ohio state doubles championship as schoolboy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Faces to Watch | 4/7/1978 | See Source »

...Bloodline, Sheldon (1 last week) 2. The Thorn Birds, McCullough (3) 3. The Silmarillion, Tolkien (2) 4. Scruples, Krantz (7) 5. The Black Marble, Wambaugh (6) 6. The Honourable Schoolboy, Le Carré (4) 7. Illusions, Bach (8) 8. The Women's Room, French (5) 9. Rachel, The Rabbi's Wife, Tennenbaum 10. The Human Factor, Greene

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: Best Sellers | 3/27/1978 | See Source »

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