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In One Person

  • John Irving

3.50

4 ratings

A New York Times bestselling novel of desire, secrecy, and sexual identity, In One Person is a story of unfulfilled love—tormented, funny, and affecting—and an impassioned embrace of our sexual differences. Billy, the bisexual narrator and main character of In One Person, tells the tragicomic story (lasting more than half a century) of his life as a "sexual suspect," a phrase first used by John Irving in 1978 in his landmark novel of "terminal cases," The World According to Garp.

In One Person is a poignant tribute to Billy’s friends and lovers—a theatrical cast of characters who defy category and convention. Not least, In One Person is an intimate and unforgettable portrait of the solitariness of a bisexual man who is dedicated to making himself "worthwhile."

Genres

  • Domestic fiction
  • Psychological fiction
  • Bisexual men
  • Fiction
  • Large type books
  • Fiction, family life
  • Fiction, psychological
  • American fiction (fictional works by one author)
  • LGBTQ novels
  • Lambda Literary Awards
  • Lambda Literary Award Winner
  • nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-fiction=2012-05-27
  • New York Times bestseller
  • New York Times reviewed
  • Fiction, family life, general
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About the author

  • John Irving

    born 2 march 1942

    3.95

    99 ratings · 254 works

Editions

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    1. Auflage

    Diogenes

    2012

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    Simon & Schuster

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    Simon & Schuster Audio

    May 08, 2012

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    Transworld Publishers Limited

    2013

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Doubleday

2012

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    1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.

    Simon & Schuster

    2012

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    Transworld Publishers Limited

    2012

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    Transworld Publishers Limited

    2013

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    Thorndike Press

    2012