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Author | John Irving |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Random House |
Publication date | August 12, 1974 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 245 pp |
ISBN | 0-394-48414-2 |
OCLC | 914828 |
813/.5/4 | |
LC Class | PZ4.I714 On PS3559.R8 |
Preceded by | The Water-Method Man |
Followed by | The World According to Garp |
The 158-Pound Marriage is the third novel by American author John Irving. The book explores the sexual revolution-era trend of "swinging" (partner-swapping) via a glimpse into the lives of two couples in a small New England college town who enter casually into such an affair, with disastrous consequences.[1][2]