Trying to save Piggy Sneed

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Trying to Save Piggy Sneed contains a dozen short works by John Irving, beginning with three memoirs - two of which (including an account of Mr. Irving's dinner with President Reagan at the White House) are new to American readers. The newest and longest of the memoirs, "The Imaginary Girlfriend," is the core of this collection. The middle section of the book is fiction. In 28 years, John Irving has written eight novels - but only a half-dozen short stories that he considers "finished"; they are all published here. In the third and final section are three essays of appreciation: one on Gunter Grass, two on Charles Dickens. To each of the 12 pieces, which cover 30 years of writing, Mr. Irving has contributed his Author's Notes.

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Other Editions

• Trying to save Piggy SneedBallantine Books1997-01-01
• Trying to save Piggy SneedAlfred A. Knopf Canada1993-01-01
• Trying to save Piggy SneedBloomsbury1993-01-01
• Trying to save Piggy Sneed.Black Swan1994-01-01
• Trying to save Piggy SneedRandom House1994-01-01
• Trying to save Piggy SneedBloomsbury1995-01-01