# The Last Chairlift - Hardcover

by **John Irving** (Author)

**John Irving, one of the world's greatest novelists, returns with his first novel in seven years--a ghost story, a love story, and a lifetime of sexual politics.**

In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray, as she is called, finishes nowhere near the podium, but she manages to get pregnant. Back home, in New England, Little Ray becomes a ski instructor.

Her son, Adam, grows up in a family that defies conventions and evades questions concerning the eventful past. Years later, looking for answers, Adam will go to Aspen. In the Hotel Jerome, where he was conceived, Adam will meet some ghosts; in _The Last Chairlift_, they aren't the first or the last ghosts he sees.

John Irving has written some of the most acclaimed books of our time--among them, _The World According to Garp_ and _The Cider House Rules._ A visionary voice on the subject of sexual tolerance, Irving is a bard of alternative families. In _The Last Chairlift_, readers will once more be in his thrall.

### Author Biography

John Irving was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1942. His first novel, _Setting Free the Bears_, was published in 1968, when he was twenty-six. He competed as a wrestler for twenty years, and coached wrestling until he was forty-seven. He is a member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. In 1980, Mr. Irving won a National Book Award for his novel _The World According to Garp_. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for _The Cider House Rules_. In 2013, he won a Lambda Literary Award for his novel _In One Person_. Internationally renowned, his novels have been translated into almost forty languages. His all-time bestselling novel, in every language, is _A Prayer for Owen Meany_. A dual citizen of the United States and Canada, John Irving lives in Toronto.

**Number of Pages:** 912

**Dimensions:** 1.85 x 9.55 x 6.24 IN

**Publication Date:** October 18, 2022

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- **Price:** 38.0 USD
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