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Trying to Save Piggy Sneed

A collection of one dozen short works includes the title piece, a loving portrait of the author's grandmother, and additional stories, including "The Pension Grillparzer" and "Dinner at the White House"

Here is a treat for John Irving addicts and a perfect introduction to his work for the uninitiated. To open this spirited collection, Irving explains how he became a writer. There follow six scintillating stories written over the last twenty years ending with a homage to Charles Dickens. This irresistible collection cannot fail to delight and charm.

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The first collection of short pieces—two of them previously unpublished—by the author of The World According to Garp includes memoirs, six short stories, and essays on Charles Dickens and Gu+a5nter Grass. Reprint. Tour.

This gem, a delightful collection of shorter works, both fiction and nonfiction, written by one of the country's finest—and funniest—writers, includes a living portrait of Irving's grandmother, a new, never-before-published essay, six scintillating short stories—including the O. Henry Award-winning "Interior Space"—and two essays on Irving's favorite 19th-century novelist, Charles Dickens. Trying to Save Piggy Sneed is John Irving at the top of his form.

Genre
literary fictionhumor
Setting
20th centuryUSAgermanynew england
Subject
biographyliterary criticism
Audience
adult
Length
long · 464 pages
Form
short storiesessays

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