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Author Irving, John, 1942-

Title Trying to save Piggy Sneed / John Irving.

Imprint New York, [N.Y.] : Arcade Pub., c1996.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  813.54 Ir8tr 1996    ---  Available
Edition 1st U.S. ed.
Description 432 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Contents Memoirs : Trying to save Piggy Sneed -- The imaginary girlfriend -- My dinner at the White House. Fiction : Interior space -- Brennbar's rant -- The Pension Grillparzer -- Other people's dreams -- Weary kingdom -- Almost in Iowa. Homage : The king of the novel -- An introduction to A Christmas carol -- Gunter Grass, king of the toy merchants.
Summary A collection of short stories and essays. The story, My Dinner at the White House, is an amusing piece on a dinner with President Reagan, The Imaginary Girlfriend is on the arts of writing and wrestling, while the title story is on a pig farmer who is being harassed by boys.
Subject Irving, John, 1942-
Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Grass, Gunter, 1927-2015 -- Criticism and interpretation.
ISBN 1559703237

 
    
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