{"product_id":"a-son-of-the-circus-paperback-by-john-irving","title":"A Son Of The Circus Paperback by John Irving","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                            \n                                \n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eVintage Canada\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(1998-09-01)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780676970463\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e532.98\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e8.3 x 5.5 x 1.5\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Usually, the dwarfs kept bringing him back—back to the circus \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e back to India.” – Opening lines of John Irving’s \u003ci\u003eA Son of the Circus. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn a Parsi in Bombay, sent to university and medical school in Vienna, Dr. Farrokh Daruwalla is a Canadian citizen—a fifty-nine-year-old orthopedic surgeon, living in Toronto. Once, twenty years ago, Dr. Daruwalla was the examining physician of two murder victims in Goa. Now, two decades later, the doctor will be reacquainted with the murderer…\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\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. Irving has been nominated for a National Book Award three times, winning in 1980 for \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 \u003ci\u003eIn One Person.\u003c\/i\u003e An international writer, his books have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. \u003ci\u003eA Prayer for Owen Meany\u003c\/i\u003e is his best-selling novel, in every language\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e A dual citizen of the United States and Canada, John Irving lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                            \n                            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":45250079391905,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780676970463","price":22.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780676970463.jpg?v=1761573470","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/a-son-of-the-circus-paperback-by-john-irving","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}