The World According to Garp | Ideas for Group Discussion
Many reviewers and critics defend Irving for his comic but serious attention to large social and moral issues, for his intricate, no-holds-barred techniques, and for his outrageously imaginative characters, while others find his themes and images repetitive, his plots busy, and his humor strained and vulgar. Participants in book discussion groups are likely to enter the dispute. Debates promise to be lively and, regardless of one's position, to lead to valuable conversations about important social issues and about the nature and purpose of art.
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