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\nYou are in for a treat when you join us for an int imate conversation with John Irving as he chats about not only his most re cent novel\, \;The Last Chairlift\, but also about his prolif ic 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 National Book Award three times and won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.
\nThe Last Chairlift\, Irving&rsquo\;s self-proclaimed final long novel\, begins in Aspen\, Colorado in 1941\, wh en Rachel Brewster\, a slalom skier\, competes at the National Downhill an d Slalom Championships. Little Ray\, as she is called\, finishes nowhere n ear the podium\, but she manages to get pregnant. Back home\, in New Engla nd\, Little Ray becomes a ski instructor. Her son\, Adam\, grows up in a f amily that defies conventions and evades questions concerning the eventful past. Years later\, looking for answers\, Adam will go to Aspen. In the H otel Jerome\, where he was conceived\, Adam will meet some ghosts\; they a ren&rsquo\;t the first or the last ghosts he sees. \;
\nJohn Irving was born in Exeter\, New Hampshire\, in 194 2. His first novel\, \;Setting Free the Bears\, was published in 1968\, when he was twenty-six. \;
\nIrving has been nominate d for a National Book Award three times\, winning in 1980 for \;Th e World According to Garp. In 2000\, he won the Oscar for Best Adapte d Screenplay for \;The Cider House Rules. In 2013\, he won a Lambda Literary Award for \;In One Person. Internationally re nowned\, his books have been translated into more than thirty-five languag es. \;A Prayer for Owen Meany \;is his best-selling novel \, in every language.
\nJohn Irving is a dual citizen of the United States and Canada. He lives in Toronto.
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