Advantages: Detailed, Clear definitions, For all stages in screenwriting Disadvantages: Some words I don't understand
The Basics Although I don't read many books, this has to be one of the best out there for it's subject area inparticular. As I have recently been interested in script writing and storytelling, as well as it being part of my course, I thought it ...
Advantages: A romp through a crazy crazy world... Disadvantages: You won't be able to put it down...
...Jenny Fields doesn’t want a man. No. What Jenny Fields DOES want is sperm.
“My mother,” Garp wrote, “was not romantically inclined.”
Now this may seems like a conundrum for the less determined amongst us, but Jenny never suffered from lack of dete ...
Advantages: Great story, great characterisation Disadvantages: Does it have a happy ending?
...fan of John Irving's work since I was a student. This is one of the most amazing books that I have ever read.
I must have read it 12 or 13 times now- I find it utterly hilarious and yet very moving. Irving succeeds in making even the most ...
Advantages: A mesmeric work of fiction; lose yourself. Disadvantages: I didn't write it. Damn!
...Last year John Irving got some overdue mainstream attention with the film version of 'The Cider House Rules.' Any fan/viewer needs to turn back the clock and pick up 'Garp', his most touching and autobiographical work.
The novel charts the life of woul ...
Advantages: very dry humour Disadvantages: Occasional drop in pace
...John Irving is an excellent writer. I came to Garp having studied 'A Prayer for Owen Meany' at A Level, so I had high expectations; I was not disappointed.
The World According to Garp is a book that largely concerns Jenny Fields, Garp's mum. Jenny is p ...
