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The World According to Garp

by John Irving

1978 · adult

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Set in 2 places · 1 primary
Sense of Place
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Set in

  • ★
    Exeter · United States
    Garp's boarding school years
    ★ primary
  • Vienna · Austria
    Garp writes first novella

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