The Last Chairlift John Irving
Scribner €31 ‘Mymothernamedme Adam,likeyou-know-who,’ beginsIrvingintypically facetiousvein.Hislikeable boyherorebelsagainsthisskiing-madmother, thenhastomakehiswayinafast-changing America,inwhichsame-sexrelationshipsare proliferatingbuttheforcesofconservatismare massingunderDonaldTrump.Asalwayswith Irving,thereisplentyofsexandjokesaboutthe same.Thenovelisfartoolong,butthereare enoughsatiricalbullseyes,just,tomakethe journeyworthwhile.
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