The Last Chairlift\, Irving&rsquo \;s self-proclaimed final long novel\, begins in Aspen\, Colorado in 1941\ , when Rachel Brewster\, a slalom skier\, competes at the National Downhil l and Slalom Championships. Little Ray\, as she is called\, finishes nowhe re near the podium\, but she manages to get pregnant. Back home\, in New E ngland\, Little Ray becomes a ski instructor. Her son\, Adam\, grows up in a family that defies conventions and evades questions concerning the past . Years later\, looking for answers\, Adam will go to Aspen. In the Hotel Jerome\, where he was conceived\, Adam will meet some ghosts\; they aren&r squo\;t the first or the last ghosts he sees.
\nJohn Irving was born in Exeter\, New Hampshire\, in 1942. His first novel\, \;Setting Free the Bears\, was published in 1968\, when he was twenty-six. \;
\nIrving has been nominated for a National Book Award three times \, winning in 1980 for \;The World According to Garp. In 2000 \, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for \;The Cider Ho use 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. \;A Prayer for Owen Meany \;is his best-selling novel\, in every language.
\nJohn Irvi ng is a dual citizen of the United States and Canada. He lives in Toronto.
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