{"product_id":"2026200016251-secondhand-the-world-according-to-garp","title":"The World According To Garp","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew novels capture the beautiful absurdity of human existence quite like John Irving's The World According to Garp — a sprawling, darkly comic masterpiece that chronicles the life of T.S. Garp, the illegitimate son of feminist icon Jenny Fields, from his chaotic birth to his equally chaotic adulthood. Set against the backdrop of mid-twentieth-century America, the novel presents a world teeming with lust, violence, grief, and unexpected tenderness, following Garp as he navigates a life shaped by his mother's radical fame, his own literary ambitions, and the ever-present shadow of an irrational universe.\n\nIrving writes with a rare combination of savage wit and profound empathy, crafting characters so vividly alive that their tragedies feel genuinely devastating and their triumphs genuinely earned. The World According to Garp stands as one of the defining American novels of the late twentieth century, arguing boldly that life is simultaneously hilarious and heartbreaking — often at the very same moment. Hailed as the most talked-about novel since Catch-22, it remains a cultural landmark that rewards every reader with the unsettling, exhilarating question: in a world this unpredictable, how does one choose to live?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49342774182107,"sku":"2026200016251-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/ede55c35-c3ac-439d-b47f-cf6f2cf0ac0a.png?v=1790049109","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200016251-secondhand-the-world-according-to-garp","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}