![]() But his mother, a ski instructor at a Vermont resort, isn't telling. He aches to learn the identity of his father. Ranging from the end of World War II to the Trump era, the novel follows the life, family and romantic failures of its novelist hero, Adam. First, as the book's bulk suggests, is its scope. ![]() Indeed, the contents of "Chairlift" may be so familiar - a fatherless son, a headstrong mom, wrestling, the writing life, a mute woman, a transsexual friend - that at times it feels like a reboot of his 1978 classic, "The World According to Garp."īut the world has changed since 1978, and Irving has made a few tweaks to the narrative. John Irving's 15th novel, "The Last Chairlift," is hard to miss: At more than 900 pages, it rivals the length of "David Copperfield" and "Moby-Dick," two epics he admiringly references throughout the book.īut the new novel's true touchstone is Irving's own fiction. ![]()
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