num_pages: 576
description: 'Like all extraordinary books, The World According to Garp defies synopsis', wrote the Chicago Sun Times when Garp was first published in 1978. It is a marvellous, important, permanent novel by a serious artist of remarkable powers.Garp is a book that captivates all who read it. Peopled with the most extraordinary characters you will ever meet, here is a novel that will make you laugh, make you weep, and, above all, make you think.
language: English
title: The World According to Garp
titlecomplete: The World According to Garp
characters: Roberta Muldoon, T.S. Garp, Jenny Fields, Helen Garp
genres: Drama, Novels, Literature, Literary Fiction, Humor, Classics, Fiction, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, American
ratings_count: 225154
places: Austria, Boston, Massachusetts, New England, The United States of America, 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: Corgi Books