He chats about not only his most recent no vel\, The Last Chairlift\, but also about his prolific body of work and a lifetime spent writing. Irving&rsquo\;s first novel was published when he was just twenty-six years old. He has gone on to be nominated for a Nation al Book Award three times and won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.
\nThe Last Chairlift\, Irving&rsquo\;s self-proclaimed final long nove l\, begins in Aspen\, Colorado in 1941\, when Rachel Brewster\, a slalom s kier\, competes at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray\, as she is called\, finishes nowhere near the podium\, but she manage s to get pregnant. Back home\, in New England\, Little Ray becomes a ski i nstructor. Her son\, Adam\, grows up in a family that defies conventions a nd evades questions concerning the eventful past. Years later\, looking fo r answers\, Adam will go to Aspen. In the Hotel Jerome\, where he was conc eived\, Adam will meet some ghosts\; they aren&rsquo\;t the first or the l ast ghosts he sees. \;
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\nAbout the Author: \;
\nJohn Irv ing was born in Exeter\, New Hampshire\, in 1942. His first novel\, \; Setting Free the Bears\, was published in 1968\, when he was twenty-six.&n bsp\;
\nIrving has been nominated for a National Book Award three ti mes\, winning in 1980 for \;The World According to Garp. In 2000\, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for \;The Cider House Rules. In 2013\, he won a Lambda Literary Award for \;In One Person. Interna tionally renowned\, his books have been translated into more than thirty-f ive languages. \;A Prayer for Owen Meany \;is his best-selling nov el\, in every language.
\nJohn Irving is a dual citizen of the Unite d States and Canada. He lives in Toronto.
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