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The 158-Pound Marriage

The 158-Pound Marriage

The 158-Pound Marriage
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The 158-Pound Marriage

by John Irving

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ISBN 10
0671822535
ISBN 13
9780671822538
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Pocket Books, 1978. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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The 158-Pound Marriage,  author John Irving's third published novel, revolves around an unidentified narrator, a college professor, and a mediocre novelist. The narrator met his wife Utch, an orphaned survivor of WWII, in Vienna while doing research. They are a relatively happy couple; their family rounded out by two children. At a faculty party, they meet Severin Winter, a Viennese-born professor and coach of the college wrestling team, and his wife, Edith. The couple's interests (Edith is an aspiring fiction writer, and Severin has a commonality with Utch's upbringing in Austria) and resulting infatuations between the couples lead to after-dinner partner-swapping. At first, the swinging goes smoothly, but eventually, uneven feelings and obsessions throw the couples off track. The title,  The 158-Pound Marriage , refers to the 158-pound weight class in wrestling, which Severin, the coach, feels is the most competitive. The book is small, only 176 pages, compared to Irving's later weighty tomes, like the 610 page  The World According to Garp ( 1978) and  The Cider House Rules  (1985), which is 973 pages.

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Title
The 158-Pound Marriage
Author
John Irving
Format/Binding
Mass Market Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
0671822535
ISBN 13
9780671822538
Publisher
Pocket Books
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1978

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