{"product_id":"the-last-chairlift-9781501189272","title":"The Last Chairlift","description":"\u003cb\u003eJohn 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Last Chairlift\u003c\/i\u003e, they aren't the first or the last ghosts he sees. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Irving has written some of the most acclaimed books of our time--among them, \u003ci\u003eThe World According to Garp \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Cider House Rules. \u003c\/i\u003eA visionary voice on the subject of sexual tolerance, Irving is a bard of alternative families. In \u003ci\u003eThe Last Chairlift\u003c\/i\u003e, readers will once more be in his thrall.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Irving was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1942. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eSetting Free the Bears\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eThe World According to Garp\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for \u003ci\u003eThe Cider House Rules\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2013, he won a Lambda Literary Award for his novel \u003ci\u003eIn One Person\u003c\/i\u003e. Internationally renowned, his novels have been translated into almost forty languages. His all-time bestselling novel, in every language, is \u003ci\u003eA Prayer for Owen Meany\u003c\/i\u003e. A dual citizen of the United States and Canada, John Irving lives in Toronto.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50626352152850,"sku":"9781501189272","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a12fdd20-a900-47ab-bc6e-06c225681538.jpg?v=1737267236","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-last-chairlift-9781501189272","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}