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  • Eighty Feet Without a Net - Conversations with John Irving
    Eighty Feet Without a Net - Conversations with John Irving
    December 01, 2015

    Eighty Feet Without a Net - Conversations with John Irving

    About a year ago I got an email that I had to read about twelve times over before it really settled in. That email was from Janet Turnbull Irving, the wife and agent of one of the most famous literary ...

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