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The Water-Method Man
The Water-Method Man
Author: John Irving
His wife wants out. His mistress wants a baby. The undergound filmmaker he works for wants to make a movie of his life: a documnetary of failure. Bogus Trumper is a wayward knight-errant in the battle of the sexes, with only his weapon to blame. His complaint is more serious than Portnoy's - Portnoy never had to drink all that water. — The main...  more »
ISBN: 67071
Pages: 381
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Publisher: Pocket Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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One of Irving's early novels, this book kept me in stitches. I liked it.
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absurd and humorous. your teenager should love it.
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this was a really good book. typical irving.
nana23 avatar reviewed The Water-Method Man on + 243 more book reviews
Not my favorite John Irving, but I am glad I read it.
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From the author of "The Cider House Rules" and "The World According to Garp" comes a novel filled with comedy, chaos, and sharp observation.
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I'm a huge fan of John Irving's. This is his 2nd book, I believe-after Hotel New Hampshire.
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Book Description
The main character of John Irving's second novel, written when the author was twenty-nine, is a perpetual graduate student with a birth defect in his urinary tract--and a man on the threshold of committing himself to a second marriage that bears remarkable resemblance to his first....
"Three or four times as funny as most novels."
THE NEW YORKER
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Classic John Irving. Like World According to Garp features a thoroughly developed and fascinating character in Bogus Trumper.

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