While Excavating Past, John Irving Finds His Family
"DORSET, Vt. - "I have not written a novel that disturbed me so much," John Irving said. He was in the study of his 6,000-square-foot cedar-shingled house atop Mount Aeolus near here, a small, muscular man in a tank top and gym shorts."
"The author of The World According to Garp and A Prayer for Owen Meany discusses Sarah Palin, J.K. Rowling, the state of modern publishing, and why obits for the death of literature are premature"