false 7076 2 This collection features the first three novels of this highly acclaimed New York Times bestselling author. Compassionate, satirical, deeply insightful and humorous, these compelling novels have gained him millions of fans. <p> <I>Setting Free the Bears</I>: Siggy and Hannes were disenchanted students and fellow conspirators. Astride a 700cc royal Enfield motorcycle, they roamed the Austrian countryside. When Gallen, a lovely hitchhiker, joined them, they zeroed in on the Vienna Zoo--and Siggy's dream: setting free the bears!<p> <I>The Water-Method Man</I>: The acclaimed second novel by the author of the #1 international bestseller, A Prayer for Owen Meany. Fred "Bogus" Trumper is a wayward knight-errant in the battle of the sexes, and the pursuit of happiness. Yet, he stubbornly clings to the notion he'll make something of his life. <p> <I>The 158 Pound Marriage</I>: Sometimes they looked at each other, aroused half out of their minds by the thought that each had just been making love with another, and it would be enough to make them want to do it--together--all over again. Well, almost enough. <p> 10251 1980 John Irving: Three Complete Novels: Setting Free The Bears, The Water-Method Man, The 158-Pound marriage total:75|5:1|4:0|3:1|2:0|1:0| 75 272 109 6 3 0 false false Wed Oct 10 17:07:30 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 10 17:13:56 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Tue Apr 03 12:34:09 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 03 12:46:05 -0700 2007
"The Water Method Man" was the first Irving book I ever read—though technically it was read TO me by my high-school boyfriend, Jason, in New Hampshire one summer. It was good enough to make me pursue his later, better works.

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