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Book reviews
Irving’s magic flags
The Hotel New Hampshire
By John Irving
Pocket Books, 1982
450 Pages, $3.95
No doubt, “The World Ac
cording to Garp” is a tough act
to follow With it, John Irving
sprung to fame and fortune al
most as if by the same powerful
magic that marks his prose His
previous three novels (“The
158-Pound Marriage," "Setting
Free the Bears” and "The Water
Method Man”) were resurrected
and repackaged as Irving fast
became a dashing new darling
of the literary (and best-sellers)
world.
“The Hotel New Hampshire”
hints of the unfortunate pos
sibility that the ensuing celebrity
and excitement over his writing
may have clouded his fictional
skills. Perhaps though, Irving
fans expect unfairly that he
continue to create breathless
and unforgettable stories
Readers tax good authors to
improve; the most recent novel
shoulders the burden of trying
to be better than the last In
“Hotel's'’ case, the reader
should be warned: there is life
after Garp It just fails to touch
the soul as much
“Hotel'' has the bones of of a
delightful story, and Irving's
storytelling strategies rarely
flag He has the knack for keep
ing the reader poised for the
New Experience, the next Crazy
Event
The story spins around the
large, lovable, foul-mouthed
Berry family The family fluc
tuates in size and age as sorrow,
doom amd love enter and pass
through it The family motto is
"Keep passing the open win
dows " Some of its members do
so unscathed Others pass by,
accumulating scars and hood
winking fate Several fall
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