The World According to Garp
by John Irvingliterary work· published 1978
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The World According to Garp is a 1978 novel by John Irving, his fourth. It follows T. S. Garp, who is conceived when his mother, Jenny Fields, a nurse, rapes a severely brain-damaged soldier in her care, and who grows up to become a novelist. The book was a bestseller for several years. It was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction in 1979, and its first paperback edition won the award the following year.
Adaptations (1)
The World According to Garp was adapted into a 1982 film.
The World According to Garp1982 · film · 136 min · dir. George Roy Hill · IMDb ↗A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns her into a cultural icon.
