Description: Franklin library leather edition of John Irving's "A Son of the Circus," Frontispiece by Kristen Soderlind, a First edition, Personally SIGNED by JOHN IRVING, one of the SIGNED FIRST EDITION SOCIETY series, published in 1994. Bound in brown leather, the book has decorative paper end leaves, a satin book maker, Symth-sewn binding, acid-free paper, gold gilding on three edges---in FINE condition-NEW---SHRINK WRAPPED. [Photos from an earlier listing.] John Winslow Irving, who was born in 1942 as John Wallace Blunt, is an American novelist and screenwriter. He grew up in Exeter, New Hampshire, where his stepfather was a Philip Exeter Academy faculty member. Irving was a student athlete in the wrestling program. Irving's father, whom he never met, was shot down in Burma in July 1943 but somehow survived. "A Son of the Circus" is the story of Dr. Farrokh Karuwalla, an Indian born, Viennese-trained Toronto orthopedic surgeon. However, it is Daruwalla's two hobbies that are the impetus of this book's action, taking us through a whirlwind of mistaken identity, criminology, movie-idolism and dark secrets. Daruwalla is an amateur geneticist attempting to find the case of the most common form of dwarfism. He is also the secret screenwriter of the immensely popular Inspector Dhar movies---an Indian phenomenon that the Indian people either love or hate but never ignore. These two avocations merge and involve an unknown twin brother, a gruesome series of murders, a septuagenarian flasher, a transsexual villain, a bizarre post-Raj country club, international durg dealing, and the enigma that is Inspector Dhar himself. The cast of characters range from the tattered refinements of the Duckworth country club to the abject poverty of the Indian streets. 633 pages---OUT OF PRINT and RARE. I offer combined shipping.
Price: 54.95 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Leather
Signed: Yes
Publisher: Franklin Library SIGNED FIRST EDITION
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Year Printed: 1994
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Illustrator: Kirsten Soderlind: Frontispiece
Special Attributes: Signed, Luxury edition
Region: New Hampshire
Author: John Irving
Personalized: Yes
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Amateur Geneticist
Character Family: Dr.Daruwalla, Farrokh, Dhar
