The Water-Method Man

John Irving

ISBN 10: 0394473329 / ISBN 13: 9780394473321

Published by Random House, New York, 1972

About this Item

True First Edition / First Printing.
A beautiful, collector-grade copy of John Irving?s second novel. This 1972 Random House edition is a cornerstone for any serious collector of modern American fiction.

The Story Behind the Book: A fascinating piece of literary trivia?Irving originally intended to name this novel Love Among the Greths, based on an "Old Low Norse" poem titled Akthelt and Gunnel. He pivoted to the now-iconic title after discovering Walker Percy?s Love Among the Ruins.

Condition: The book is in Very Good condition?internally clean, tight, and square. There is slight, age-appropriate foxing to the top edge of the text block, but the pages remain crisp.

Dust Jacket: Very Good; unclipped and vibrant. It shows a single crease to the front flap but is otherwise a sharp, well-preserved example of the original jacket art. Jacket design by Hal Seigal.

Attributes: 365 pages. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page.

A crisp, well-preserved example of early Irving.
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Seller Inventory # 002674

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Water-Method Man
• Publisher: Random House, New York
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394473329
• ISBN 13: 9780394473321
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Hal Seigal
• Edition: First Edition.
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

The main character of John Irving's second novel, written when the author was twenty-nine, is a perpetual graduate student with a birth defect in his urinary tract--and a man on the threshold of committing himself to a second marriage that bears remarkable resemblance to his first....
"Three or four times as funny as most novels."
THE NEW YORKER

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