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In One PersonIn One Person

In One Person

John Irving

About this book

A New York Times bestselling novel of desire, secrecy, and sexual identity, In One Person is a story of unfulfilled love—tormented, funny, and affecting—and an impassioned embrace of our sexual differences. Billy, the bisexual narrator and main character of In One Person, tells the tragicomic story (lasting more than half a century) of his life as a "sexual suspect," a phrase first used by John Irving in 1978 in his landmark novel of "terminal cases," The World According to Garp. In One Person is a poignant tribute to Billy’s friends and lovers—a theatrical cast of characters who defy category and convention. Not least, In One Person is an intimate and unforgettable portrait of the solitariness of a bisexual man who is dedicated to making himself "worthwhile."

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OL Work ID
OL16168406W

Subjects

Domestic fictionPsychological fictionBisexual menFictionLarge type booksFiction, family lifeFiction, psychologicalAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)LGBTQ novelsLambda Literary AwardsLambda Literary Award Winnernyt:combined-print-and-e-book-fiction=2012-05-27New York Times bestsellerNew York Times reviewedFiction, family life, general

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