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Dear Readers, Today’s the day: after many years of research, and three years of writing and rewriting, Queen Esther is here! My longtime editor, Jonathan Karp, asked me a pertinent question: What makes Queen Esther, my 16th novel, different from the previous 15? See my answer, below. For my American readers, if you haven’t already, you can still find tickets to my live, virtual event later this evening, hosted by the 92nd Street Y and Barnes & Noble. To hear me in conversation with the terrific

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40K views · 1K reactions | Dear Readers, With the publication of Queen Esther just around the corner, I sat down with my longtime editor, Jonathan Karp, to discuss the new novel, my previous novels, and more. Like many of you, Jon was curious about the return, in Queen Esther, of Dr. Larch from The Cider House Rules. Watch a clip of our conversation, below. I’ll be sharing more clips of my conversation with Jon in the coming weeks—stay tuned! — John | John Irving | Facebook

(Sound on to hear an excerpt from the audiobook edition of The Last Chairlift.) Dear Readers, You have to be a patient reader, and a close reader, to listen to an audiobook, but I believe that hearing a novel is an excellent way to read one. Many great readers enjoy them — my wife, Janet, included. I can appreciate her fondness for them. Listening to an audiobook is the closest you can get to being inside a writer’s head; you’re hearing the words in much the same way the authors “heard” them in

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