[DOC] [TLE] John Irving - Wikipedia [PAR] John Winslow Irving is an American novelist and Academy Award-winning 
screenwriter. Irving achieved critical and popular acclaim after the international 
success of The World According to Garp in 1978. ... Irving's career began at the 
age of 26 with the publication of his first novel, Setting Free the Bears (1968). The 
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The World According to Garp (1978), and A Prayer ... One Boy At War: My Life in 
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Question: John Irving established his reputation with this 1978 book about the life of a novelist
Answer: "The World According to Garp"