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Imaginary Girlfriend
Imaginary Girlfriend
Author: John Irving
The Imaginary Girlfriend is a miniature autobiography detailing Irving’s parallel careers of writing and wrestling. . . . Tales of encounters with writers (John Cheever, Nelson Algren, Kurt Vonnegut) are intertwined with those about his wrestling teammates and coaches. With humor and compassion, [Irving] details the few truly importa...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781417648580
ISBN-10: 1417648589
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Publisher: San Val
Book Type: Library Binding
Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover
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I could not get into this book. I guess the wrestling thing is a bit alien to me. I really have gotten a lot of pleasure from Irving's early books (Garp, Owen Meany, etc.) and thought it would be fun to read about him. It just was not an engaging book to me.
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good insight into the author's life and writing

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