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user-inactivated · 3167 days ago · link · · parent · post: Shall we do another 'best opening lines of books' thread?
An ex-girlfriend got me onto John Irving. When I said I'd never read anything he'd written, she took me to Powell's in Portland and wasted no time finding me a copy of A Prayer... and A Son of the Circus. I will always love her for that! The World According to Garp is absolutely the book you're thinking of. It's another favourite of mine. My parents keep telling me I have to watch the movie adaptation starring Robbin Williams; I haven't gotten around to it yet. But I agree with your last statement. I wasn't impressed all that much with In One Person and I haven't read the latest one.