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The Water-Method Man

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Fred 'Bogus' Trumper is a wayward knight-errant in the battle of the sexes and the pursuit of happiness. He also happens to have a complaint more serious than Portnoy's. Yet he stubbornly clings to the notion that he'll make something of his life, and is about to commit himself to a second marriage that bears remarkable resemblance to his first.

The Water-Method Man is a work of cosummate artistry and comic invention, bizarre imagery and sharp social and psychological observation.

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ISBN9780552992077
PublisherDK
Publication Date02/22/80
Pages432

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  • minkabelle
    minkabelle

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    5.0

    Einfach toll! Ein Buch, das einen Ausschnitt aus dem Leben erzählt, wie es echter nicht sein kann. Der Stil ist unverbesserlich humoistisch, die Struktur fabelhaft. Nicht gerade die leichte Lektüre für zwischendurch, aber irgendwie auch schon. John Irving schafft es immer wieder, mit einer Handlung mitten aus dem Alltag herausgegriffen, mich zu schockieren, zu rühren und köstlich zu unterhalten. Bogus Geschichte hat mich zum lachen und zum Nachdenken gebracht.

    Jul 15, 2025

  • 4.0

    In my opinion on of the most underrated books by John Irving. Though this is one of his early books, it's so full of joy and simply fun to read. This is an urgent "must reread", because I remember only small pieces but yet remember, what fun it was to read.

    Jan 5, 2023

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