description: T.S. Garp, a man with high ambitions for an artistic career and with obsessive devotion to his wife and children, and Jenny Fields, his famous feminist mother, find their lives surrounded by an assortment of people including teachers, whores, and radicals
language: English
title: The World According to Garp
titlecomplete: The World According to Garp
characters: Helen Garp, Roberta Muldoon, T.S. Garp, Jenny Fields
genres: Fiction, American, Drama, Humor, Literature, Classics, Novels, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 225114
places: The United States of America, New England, Boston, Massachusetts, Austria, Vienna
awards: awardedAt: 315561600000
name: National Book Award
category: Fiction (Paperback), awardedAt: 252489600000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 284025600000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Demco Media