{"product_id":"in-one-person-paperback","title":"In One Person - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Irving\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eA Prayer for Owen Meany \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe World According to Garp\u003c\/i\u003e comes \"his most daringly political, sexually transgressive, and moving novel in well over a decade\" (\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling novel of desire, secrecy, and sexual identity, \u003ci\u003eIn One Person\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of unfulfilled love--tormented, funny, and affecting--and an impassioned embrace of our sexual differences. Billy, the bisexual narrator and main character of \u003ci\u003eIn One Person\u003c\/i\u003e, tells the tragicomic story (lasting more than half a century) of his life as a \"sexual suspect,\" a phrase first used by John Irving in 1978 in his landmark novel of \"terminal cases,\" \u003ci\u003eThe World According to Garp\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eIn One Person\u003c\/i\u003e is a poignant tribute to Billy's friends and lovers--a theatrical cast of characters who defy category and convention. Not least, \u003ci\u003eIn One Person\u003c\/i\u003e is an intimate and unforgettable portrait of the solitariness of a bisexual man who is dedicated to making himself \"worthwhile.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Irving was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1942. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eSetting Free the Bears\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1968, when he was twenty-six. He competed as a wrestler for twenty years, and coached wrestling until he was forty-seven. He is a member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. In 1980, Mr. Irving won a National Book Award for his novel \u003ci\u003eThe World According to Garp\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for \u003ci\u003eThe Cider House Rules\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2013, he won a Lambda Literary Award for his novel \u003ci\u003eIn One Person\u003c\/i\u003e. Internationally renowned, his novels have been translated into almost forty languages. His all-time bestselling novel, in every language, is \u003ci\u003eA Prayer for Owen Meany\u003c\/i\u003e. A dual citizen of the United States and Canada, John Irving lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 29, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47245239451897,"sku":"9781451664133","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/WVNPYXZsdmVWQkVydEs4dGNuUnlzQT09.webp?v=1768601664","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/in-one-person-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}