John Irving

You’ve been thinking about reading more. Though you’re grateful for public transportation, the iPod alone is not enough to drown out the monotony of the commute. You love the feeling of being caught up in a good page-turner, but you want a book with some substance, some bite, perhaps a book that will make you think or feel something. John Irving writes books you might like. Here is a photograph of his face.

This picture was probably taken around the time he wrote The World According to Garp, which was published in 1978.

In it you will find nurses, prep school wrestling, first district Viennese prostitutes, physical dismemberment of varied degrees, a transsexual who formerly played tight end in the NFL, and plenty of radical feminists.