John Irving has written huge bestsellers, beginning with "The World According To Garp." And now at the age of 80, he's written his longest novel, putting pen to paper like a Dickensian scrivener on a ...
“Queen Esther” is John Irving’s return after forty years to the orphanage of “The Cider House Rules,” his bestselling novel from 1985. To read a John Irving novel is to call to mind the classic works ...
After 54 years and 15 novels, John Irving’s finally done it. He’s written a book longer than most editions of “Moby-Dick.” And by the time you’re done reading it, you’ll chuckle every time you see the ...
The Forward: Author John Irving’s new novel, ‘Queen Esther,’ deals with Israel and antisemitism
(JTA) — The novelist John Irving is famous for telling stories set in his native New England and in Austria, the site of a pivotal adventure in his young adulthood. Now, the two settings will collide ...
Author John Irving’s new novel, ‘Queen Esther,’ deals with Israel and antisemitism
Religion News Service: Is John Irving's 'Queen Esther' the next great Jewish American novel?
Novelist John Irving says he knew he was on track when he figured out how “Queen Esther” would end. Now he faced a new challenge: How the story began. “Like all my novels, that’s the thing I see most ...
John Irving, 83, has just published his 16th novel. The fact that “Queen Esther” isn’t a masterpiece seems neither surprising nor, frankly, the point. What’s most wonderful about “Queen Esther” is ...
CBS News: Novelist John Irving: "You don't get to choose your obsessions; your obsessions choose you."