The World According to Garp

Copyright

A Henry Robbins Book

E.P.Dutton, New York

The author wishes to express his gratitude to the Guggenheim Foundation.

Grateful acknowledgment is made for permission to reprint “The Plot against the Giant.” Copyright 1923, 1951 by Wallace Stevens. Reprinted from The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens, by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

Portions of this book have appeared in different form in the following magazines: Antaeus, Esquire, Gallery, Penthouse, Playboy, Ploughshares, and Swank.

Copyright @ 1976, 1977, 1978 by John Irving

All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.

No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording or any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review written for inclusion in a magazine, newspaper or broadcast.

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Irving, John, 1942-

The World According to Garp.

"A Henri Robbins book.”

I. Title.

PZ4.I714Wo 1978 [PS3559.R68] 813'.5'4 77-15564

ISBN: 0-525-23770-4

Published simultaneously in Canada by Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, Toronto and Vancouver

Designed by Herb Johnson

Produced by Stuart Horowitz