The Last Chairlift\, Irving&rsquo\;s self- proclaimed final long novel\, begins in Aspen\, Colorado in 1941\, when Ra chel Brewster\, a slalom skier\, competes at the National Downhill and Sla lom Championships. Little Ray\, as she is called\, finishes nowhere near t he podium\, but she 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 conventions and evades questions concerning the eventful 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. \;
\nAbout the Aut hor: \;John Irving was born in Exeter\, New Hampshire\, in 1942. His f irst novel\, \;Setting Free the Bears\, was published in 1968\, when h e 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 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. \;A Prayer for Owen Meany \;is h is best-selling novel\, in every language.
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