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Book SynopsisFred ''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.
Trade ReviewBrutal reality and hallucination, comedy and pathos. A rich, unified tapestry * Time *
John Irving, it is abundantly clear, is a true artist. He is not afraid to take on great themes * Los Angeles Times *
John Irving has been compared with Kurt Vonnegut and J. D. Salinger, but is arguably more inventive than either * The Times *
Three or four times as funny as most novels * The New Yorker *
