Previously published: New York : Pocket Books, 1979.
Summary
The story of T.S. Garp, the bastard son of a feminist leader who is ahead of her time.
Contents
Boston Mercy -- Blood and Blue -- What He Wanted to Be When He Grew Up -- Graduation -- In the City Where Marcus Aurelius Died -- The Pension Grillparzer -- More Lust -- Second Children, Second Novels, Second Love -- The Eternal Husband -- The Dog in the Alley, the Child in the Sky -- Mrs. Ralph -- It Happens to Helen -- Walt Catches Cold -- The World According to Marcus Aurelius -- The World According to Bensenhaver -- The First Assassin -- The First Feminist Funeral, and Other Funerals -- Habits of the Under Toad -- Life After Garp -- Afterword--Twenty Years Ago.