Irving&rsquo\;s first novel was published when he was just twenty-six years old. He has gone on to be nominated for a National Book Award three times and won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screen play.
\nThe Last Chairlift\, Irving&rsquo\;s self-proclaimed final l ong novel\, begins in Aspen\, Colorado in 1941\, when Rachel Brewster\, a slalom skier\, competes at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray\, as she is called\, finishes nowhere near the podium\, but sh e manages to get pregnant. Back home\, in New England\, Little Ray becomes a ski instructor. Her son\, Adam\, grows up in a family that defies conve ntions and evades questions concerning the eventful past. Years later\, lo oking for answers\, Adam will go to Aspen. In the Hotel Jerome\, where he was conceived\, Adam will meet some ghosts\; they aren&rsquo\;t the first or the last ghosts he sees. \;
\nYou don&rsquo\;t want to miss t his hour online with internationally bestselling author John Irving. Regis ter now! \;
\nAbout the Author: \;John Irving was born in Ex eter\, New Hampshire\, in 1942. His first novel\, \;Setting Free the B ears\, was published in 1968\, when he was twenty-six. \;
\nIrvi ng has been nominated for a National Book Award three times\, winning in 1 980 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. Internationally renowned\ , his books have been translated into more than thirty-five languages.&nbs p\;A Prayer for Owen Meany \;is his best-selling novel\, in every lang uage.
\nJohn Irving is a dual citizen of the United States and Canad a. He lives in Toronto.
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