Podcast Episodes featuring John Irving

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Ep. 295: "Timing is Everything" with Heidi Julavits, John Irving, Diana Nyad and Israel Nebeker

Live Wire with Luke Burbank - November 13, 2015 20:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 295 ratings
Ep. 295: "Timing is Everything" with Heidi Julavits, John Irving, Diana Nyad and Israel Nebeker

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1302: A 2012 Interview With John Irving

Rick Kleffel:Narrative Species–The Agony Column - May 28, 2012 02:00 ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
"There ought to be something you're afraid of in every novel that you write."

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Bookclub - December 06, 2009 16:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 208 ratings
James Naughtie and readers talk to celebrated American author John Irving about his novel, A Prayer for Owen Meany. The novel starts with a shock - the eponymous hero hits a foul ball in a baseball match and kills his best friend's mother. It then moves through to spooky premonitions during an...

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John Irving

World Book Club - June 25, 2008 16:01 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 332 ratings
American author John Irving discusses his bestselling novel 'The World According to Garp', the tragicomic lifestory of the author TS Garp.

Books written by John Irving

The Cider House Rules
John Irving, Grover Gardner

14 Episodes - 26 pages - ★★★★ - 9 ratings

A Prayer for Owen Meany
John Irving

12 Episodes - 641 pages - ★★★★ - 1.05K ratings

The World According to Garp
John Irving

5 Episodes - 610 pages - ★★★★ - 179K ratings

The Fourth Hand
John Irving

5 Episodes - 368 pages - ★★★ - 24.8K ratings

The Hotel New Hampshire
John Irving

1 Episode - 520 pages - ★★★★ - 49.9K ratings

My Movie Business: A Memoir
John Irving

1 Episode - 222 pages - ★★★ - 1.1K ratings

Until I Find You
John Irving

1 Episode - 928 pages - ★★★★ - 189 ratings

My Movie Business
John Irving

1 Episode - 158 pages - ★★★ - 26 ratings

The 158-Pound Marriage
John Irving

176 pages - ★★★ - 11.1K ratings

The Water-Method Man
John Irving

272 pages - ★★★ - 10.3K ratings

Setting Free the Bears
John Irving

304 pages - ★★★ - 8.68K ratings

The Imaginary Girlfriend
John Irving

192 pages - ★★★ - 1.78K ratings

A Sound Like Someone Trying Not to Make a Sound
John Irving, Tatjana Hauptmann

32 pages - ★★★★ - 664 ratings

The Headmaster's Papers
Richard A. Hawley, John Irving

240 pages - ★★★★ - 11 ratings