John Irving

'According to his mother, Jack Burns was an actor before he was an actor, but Jack's most vivid memories of childhood were those moments when he felt compelled to hold his mother's hand. He wasn't acting then.' Jack Burns' mother, Alice, is a tattoo artist in search of the boy's father, a virtuoso organist named …

Świat według Garpa – powieść Johna Irvinga wydana w 1978 r. Książka została zekranizowana w 1982 roku w reżyserii George'a Roya Hilla z Robinem Williamsem w roli Garpa. W Polsce po raz pierwszy została wydana w 1984 roku.