A Son of the Circus.
"The more clearly one sees this world; the more one is obliged to pretend it does not exist": First Edition of The Son of The Circus; Warmly Inscribed by John Irving
A Son of the Circus.
IRVING, John.
$350.00
Item Number: 140440
New York: Random House, 1994.
First edition of “his most entertaining novel since Garp” (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Ted & Susie with my affection John Irving.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner.
“Ringmaster Irving introduces act after act, until three (or more) rings are awhirl at a lunatic pace. . . . [He] spills characters from his imagination as agilely as improbable numbers of clowns pile out of a tiny car. . . . His Bombay and his Indian characters are vibrant and convincing"(The Wall Street Journal).
