In One Person: A Novel

By John Irving

Book Overview

From the author of A Prayer for Owen Meany and The World According to Garp comes "his most daringly political, sexually transgressive, and moving novel in well over a decade" (Vanity Fair).

A New York Times bestselling novel of desire, secrecy, and sexual identity, In One Person is a story of unfulfilled love--tormented, funny, and affecting--and an impassioned embrace of our sexual differences. Billy, the bisexual narrator and main character of In One Person, tells the tragicomic story (lasting more than half a century) of his life as a "sexual suspect," a phrase first used by John Irving in 1978 in his landmark novel of "terminal cases," The World According to Garp.

In One Person is a poignant tribute to Billy's friends and lovers--a theatrical cast of characters who defy category and convention. Not least, In One Person is an intimate and unforgettable portrait of the solitariness of a bisexual man who is dedicated to making himself "worthwhile."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1451664125
• ISBN13: 9781451664126
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.1" x 6.3"