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runsaway
Has Anyone Ever Heard Of Or Read John Irving
« on: June 21, 2006, 12:44 PM »
no one  in this forum seems to know who this fellow is. all i hear are the already popular names.

i bought "a widow for a year" for a give away price of 250 naira because i couldnt find any of the popular author i was looking for at the time and it was one of my best investments ever.

reading " hotel new hampshire" now but i never find anyone to discuss his books with apart from my brother.
nigerians please don't disappoint me. HAS ANYONE EVER HEARD OF HIM BEFORE?

PS: he is the author of 'cider house rules' and 'simon birch/a prayer for owen meany'


http://www.geocities.com/irvingophile/Books.html
uche1 (m)
Re: Has Anyone Ever Heard Of Or Read John Irving
« #1 on: June 21, 2006, 01:56 PM »
The Hotel New Hampshire, The Cider House Rules and A Prayer for Owen Meany. In these novels his originality and striking vision came brilliantly to the fore, along with his trademark subjects – as wide-ranging as feminism, religion, wrestling, sex and New England life.
 
More recent novels include the complex bestseller A Son of the Circus, the dark and funny novel A Widow for One Year and The Fourth Hand, a black comedy that was another popular success.
I have been looking for them but i can,t really get them here in Lagos. The one i like most is  Until I Find You
 
A melancholy tale of deception, Until I Find You is also a swaggering comic novel, a giant tapestry of life’s hopes. It is a masterpiece to compare with John Irving’s great novels, and restates the author’s claim to be considered the most glorious, comic, moving novelist at work today.
runsaway
Re: Has Anyone Ever Heard Of Or Read John Irving
« #2 on: June 21, 2006, 02:41 PM »
 uche,
did u copy that off a website or u really know what i am talking about?
the books are all over lagos island. which have u read?
uche1 (m)
Re: Has Anyone Ever Heard Of Or Read John Irving
« #3 on: June 21, 2006, 03:37 PM »
please can you tell me the bookshop i can get some of his books?
runsaway
Re: Has Anyone Ever Heard Of Or Read John Irving
« #4 on: June 21, 2006, 04:01 PM »
i  don't have any particular place. i just ask all those guys that sell books on lagos island or at yaba and they are usually willing to sell it at a very affordable price
uche1 (m)
Re: Has Anyone Ever Heard Of Or Read John Irving
« #5 on: June 21, 2006, 05:30 PM »
ok i will check them out
shantell (f)
Re: Has Anyone Ever Heard Of Or Read John Irving
« #6 on: July 23, 2006, 05:57 PM »
yeah i've read one of john irving's book until i find you quite good
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