A Son Of The Circus

Daruwalla is another iconic Irving figure… Irving handles this incarnadine combination of farce and horror with high speed skill, creating a compulsively readable book * Guardian *[Irving] is at the peak of his powers… he plunges the reader into one sensual or grotesque scene after another with cheerful vigour and a madcap tenderness for life… entertainment on a grand scale * Economist *More plot twists than the Ramayana and a cast of characters that includes dwarves, prostitutes, movie stars, tranvestites and at least one serial killer * Daily Telegraph *Irving has given us that treat of treats, a wide-ranging fiction of massive design and length that encapsulates our world with intelligence and sugars the pill with wit * Mail on Sunday *Daruwalla’s quest for the truth is what sustains this book… a writer with the courage to follow this difficult journey while also exploring issues of poverty, racism and disease in a novel so full of humour is a writer to be treasured * The Times *John Irving is brilliantly clever: the fabulous, fantastic story never slows nor will you lose interest * The Good Book Guide *

John Irving published his first novel, Setting Free the Bears, in 1968. He has been nominated for a National Book Award three times - winning once, in 1980, for the novel The World According to Garp. He also received an O. Henry Award in 1981 for the short story ‘Interior Space’. In 1992, he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules - a film with seven Academy Award nominations. In 2001, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His most recent novel is Last Night in Twisted River.

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