FICTION
Released: May 8, 2012
"Woody Allen's bon mot about bisexuality is that it doubled one's chances for a date, but in this novel Irving explores in his usual discursive style some of the more serious and exhaustive consequences of Allen's one-liner. "
Billy Dean (aka Billy Abbott) has a difficult time holding it together in one person, for his bisexuality pulls him in (obviously) two different directions.
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 27, 2009
"Will entertain the faithful and annoy readers who think this author has already written the same novel too many times."
Irving's new doorstopper (
Until I Find You, 2006, etc.) addresses a strong theme--the role accident plays in even the most carefully planned and managed lives--but doesn't always stick to the subject.
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FICTION
Released: July 19, 2005
"Is this Irving's worst novel? No doubt about it. Will it sell gazillions of copies nevertheless? Absolutely. "
The life of an actor is compromised and traumatized by his many relationships with older women, in Irving's sprawling--in fact, overstuffed--11th novel.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 1999
"If Irving had treated this subject as fiction, it would have been a much more grippingly incredible story."
FICTION
Released: May 1, 1998
"The borderline-tearful ending is a bit much, but at least there aren't any bears."
Irving's latest LBM (Loose Baggy Monster, that is), which portrays with seriocomic gusto the literary life and its impact on both writers and their families, is simultaneously one of his most intriguing books and one of his most self-indulgent and flaccid.
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FICTION
Released: Feb. 1, 1996
"The many who cherish his energy and generosity as a novelist will find much here to whet their appetites for his next big tale."
An uneven miscellany of fiction, autobiography, and commentary from the author of, most recently, A Son of the Circus (1994).
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