The 3 best books by the suggestive John Irving

In the case of John Irving the charm came on the fourth. And the truth is that reaching the status of bestseller guarantees, at least, one thing: you have worked hard to get there. There are authors who reach the top with their first novel. And they do it because they are real phenomena, but don't tell me that you don't show certain reluctance when they tell you that a great author was born on the first turn. The publishers are masters in trying to present new voices with which to take the cat to the water and sometimes they elevate the mediocre ...

Particular ramblings aside, John Irving demonstrated with that fourth novel: The world according to Garp, who had reached maximum levels of trade, and that he had come to stay once he achieved that same trade that makes the writer a true solitary worker, capable of partially taming his talent based on hours that are not always entirely fruitful.

The point is that when John Wallace Blunt adopted his pseudonym John Irving, set out to tell us great stories with themes that address everything, naturally or boldly, depending on the reader's perspective, but always with the freedom of the creator convinced that nothing should be left in the pipeline to complete the job acquired with a unparalleled authenticity.

Top 3 best John Irving novels:

The world according to Garp

And here we are once again. With the first novel by an author located directly at the top of my podium. I do not know, it is not that this novel seems to me far above many others by this author.

And yet that world of Garp sometimes represented the world of Ignatius, de The conspiracy of fools. The difference is that Garp perceives this foolishness of others not so much as a twisted vision of the world based on his own stolidity (case of Ignatius) but rather with a sarcastic point that reveals to us the games of double standards, hypocrisy and therefore what not to say, the general nonsense that spreads like a plague through a world full of appearances.

For the rest, in terms of comically acidic situations and in regards to characters that border on Ignatius' bizarre spirit, we find curious analogies in a very different narrative thread in terms of action.

The rules of the Cider House

This may be one of the few novels about the abortion of an author of some prestige. But do not panic, there is no final intention of raising awareness towards one or the other "side". At least I didn't find it.

There is a special affection towards the children of the hospice, as reflected in the first title in Spanish of this novel "Princes of Maine, Kings of New England", in allusion to the words that Larch, doctor and director of the hospice, addressed to the children, but Even so, I do not believe that the intention of the story is to indoctrinate, despite the fact that Larch himself causes abortions in women who will not be able to support their children.

One of those abandoned children is Homer Wells, who has become Larch's faithful assistant until he decides to make a living. At that moment, aspects of destiny, hope and that opportunity to live that Homer got despite being abandoned enter.

Avenue of mysteries

One of Irving's latest novels. In which we enjoy a very special retrospective story that ends up being both a complaint and a recognition of the overcoming carried out by the world's losers.

The protagonist, Juan Diego, is preparing to travel by plane to the Philippines. We know little about the reasons for that trip from Iowa, his residence to the other side of the world... But what we do know, meanwhile, are the more than humble origins of the current writer Juan Diego.

The son of a prostitute, he knew how to fix himself so as not to abandon himself to the temptations of misery as a justification for crime or drug addiction. From his childhood to those particular moments on the plane we are presented with a raw and moving story at the same time.