{"product_id":"9781471179112-last-chairlift","title":"The Last Chairlift","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the world’s greatest novelists returns with his first novel in seven years — a ghost story, a love story, and a lifetime of sexual politics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Irving, one of the world’s greatest novelists, returns with his first novel in seven years — a ghost story, a love story, and a lifetime of sexual politics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray, as she is called, finishes nowhere near the podium, but she manages to get pregnant. Back home, in New England, Little Ray becomes a ski instructor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Her son, Adam, grows up in a family that defies conventions and evades questions concerning the eventful past. Years later, looking for answers, Adam will go to Aspen. In the Hotel Jerome, where he was conceived, Adam will meet some ghosts; in \u003ci\u003eThe Last Chairlift\u003c\/i\u003e, they aren’t the first or the last ghosts he sees.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e John Irving has written some of the most acclaimed books of our time — among them, \u003ci\u003eThe World According to Garp \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Cider House Rules. \u003c\/i\u003eA visionary voice on the subject of sexual tolerance, Irving is a bard of alternative families. In \u003ci\u003eThe Last Chairlift\u003c\/i\u003e, readers will once more be in his thrall.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40837530419297,"sku":"9781471179112","price":12.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_31760887.jpg?v=1734596154","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781471179112-last-chairlift","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}