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The Last Chairlift

By: John Irving
Narrated by: Jacques Roy, Raquel Beattie, Cassandra Campbell, Chris Henry Coffey, Piper Goodeve, Em Grosland, Aden Hakimi, Graham Halstead, Chanté McCormick, Natalie Naudus, Aida Reluzco, Pete Simonelli, Natasha Soudek, Travis Tonn, Erin Ruth Walker
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I rarely write reviews, but feel I should defend my rating of John Irving’s latest - perhaps last? - novel. First, let me say I’m an Irving fanboy, who compulsively read Garp, Owen Meany, Cider House Rules etc as a young man, and have continued to revisit them as I’ve aged. The Last Chairlift has an equally great book hidden within its 900 pages, replete with Irving’s compelling characters, wry observations and unmatched comic set-pieces. But it’s an absolute grind to complete. The fine eye for detail quickly became tedious repetition, and don’t even start me on the turgid screenplay-within-a-novel! Just tell the story, Mr Irving! Had it been tighter and shorter, this would have been a crowning adornment to the career of one of America’s greatest 20th century authors. As it is, it’s one for the Irving completists. If you’re not one of those, you’d better start with The Works According to Garp b

It’s TOO John Irving…

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So focussed on unnecessary details of wrestling and movie scripts .. I tried but I couldn’t stick with it

It was too long and repetitive

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