The World According to Garp is John Irving's fourth novel. Published in 1978, the book was a bestseller for several years.
A movie adaptation starring Robin Williams was released in 1982, with a screenplay written by Steve Tesich.
The story deals with the life of T. S. Garp. His mother, Jenny Fields, is a strong-willed nurse who wants a child but not a husband. She encounters a dying ball turret gunner known only as Technical Sergeant Garp who wa...
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The World According to Garp is John Irving's fourth novel. Published in 1978, the book was a bestseller for several years.
A movie adaptation starring Robin Williams was released in 1982, with a screenplay written by Steve Tesich.
The story deals with the life of T. S. Garp. His mother, Jenny Fields, is a strong-willed nurse who wants a child but not a husband. She encounters a dying ball turret gunner known only as Technical Sergeant Garp who was reduced to a perpetually priapic mental vegetable by pieces of shrapnel that pierced his head. Jenny rapes Garp in his bedridden, uncomprehending, dying state to impregnate herself, and names the resultant son after him "T. S." (standing only for "Technical Sergeant"). Jenny raises young Garp alone, taking a position at an all-boys school.
Garp grows up, becoming interested in sex, wrestling, and writing fiction—three topics in which his mother has little interest. He launches his writing career, courts and marries the wrestling coach's...
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