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In One Person

byJohn Irving

Genres: LGBTQ+Fiction Survivors' Chronicles Queer Romances LGBT Rights Movements

Who is this book for? Readers interested in LGBTQ themes, character-driven narratives, and contemporary fiction.

Topics LoveIdentitySurvivalFriendshipLoss and Grief

MoodMelancholic, Humorous, Reflective

HumorOccasional Humor

RomanceCentral to the Plot

Explicit scenesSuggestive Themes

A compelling novel of desire, secrecy, and sexual identity, In One Person is a story of unfulfilled love — tormented, funny, and affecting — and an impassioned embrace of our sexual differences. Billy, the bisexual narrator and main character, tells the tragicomic story (lasting more than half a century) of his life as a ‘sexual suspect’, a phrase first used by John Irving in 1978 — in his landmark novel of ‘terminal cases’, The World According to Garp.His most political novel since The Cider House Rules and A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving’s In One Person is a poignant tribute to Billy’s friends and lovers — a theatrical cast of characters who defy category and convention. Not least, In One Person is an intimate and unforgettable portrait of the solitariness of a bisexual man who is dedicated to making himself ‘worthwhile’.

Language

Published on

14/03/2013

Pages

622

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780552778442

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