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Avenue of Mysteries

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John Irving Always Knows Where He's Going

Irving's latest novel is Avenue of Mysteries. He tells NPR's Lynn Neary that he thinks about each book for a long time — and he doesn't start writing until he knows what the ending will be.

John Irving Always Knows Where He's Going

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In One Person

Author Interviews

'In One Person': A Tangled Gender-Bender

Desire can have a profound effect on young adults during their formative years. Novelist John Irving turns 70 this year, and his latest novel is a coming-of-age story about loss, identity and AIDS — told by a bisexual narrator named Billy Abbott.

'In One Person': A Tangled Gender-Bender

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My Guilty Pleasure

Proud And Unpretentious: Lessons From John Irving

When Joshua Braff was an M.F.A. student, his classmates smirked when he announced that John Irving was one of his favorite authors. But he's proud of his love for The World According to Garp; Braff says Irving's characters live and breathe before, during and after the story ends.

Proud And Unpretentious: Lessons From John Irving

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