The Water-Method Man (Ballantine
Readers Circle) by John Irving
Dear John
The main character of John Irvings 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
From the Paperback edition.

Personal Review: The Water-Method Man (Ballantine Readers
Circle) by John Irving
This, my first John Irving Novel, has resurrected the rare feeling one gets
from well written novels (the `good reading' feeling). This feeling is hard to
bring about these days. It makes me wonder whether I should be looking
for good novels written twenty and even thirty years ago. Are the authors
of today writing for the sake of the buck, requiring only tenth grade reading
comprehension? Why insult our intelligence? Why the cruelty against the
sophisticated reader?
Where can one find today the same feelings of richness of words,
meaningful dialogs and a story that keeps coming again and again with an
unprecedented uniqueness the caliber of Delillo, Franzen and Auster?
Where can one discover characters with the likes of Bogus and Biggie,
Tulpin and Ralf Packer? Did they only exist in the books written before the
turbulent 80's?
Here is a recommendation. Why not have a special shelf in the public
libraries dedicated only to the likes of Irving, Delillo,Franzen and Auster?
Why not call this shelf `The Greatest Authors of our generation' to make it
easier for readers hungry to immerse themselves in the `good reading'
feeling?
John, I thank you. I thank you for the patience that carried you through the
process of writing, for the incredibly creative mind that pieced together this
astonishing book.
Keep writing John, keep writing and I promise - I'll keep reading you.
I highly recommend this book. If you are searching for other gems of
creativity try: Don Delillo's `The Body Artist', Jonathan Franzen's `The
Correction' and Paul Auster's `The Brooklyn Follies'
By Simon Cleveland
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