Synopses & Reviews
Fred '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 consummate artistry and comic invention, bizarre imagery and sharp social and psychological observation.
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"Brutal reality and hallucination, comedy and pathos. A rich, unified tapestry"
Time
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"John Irving, it is abundantly clear, is a true artist. He is not afraid to take on great themes"
Los Angeles Times
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"Three or four times as funny as most novels" The New Yorker