John Irving: The Last Chairlift [2022] hardback ZDRAM Two lonely bookworms

Two lonely bookworms

compulsively readable but also intriguing

' Lauren Bravo

both dead and alive

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John Irving: The Last Chairlift [2022] hardback ZDRAM Two lonely bookwormsJohn 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. 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. Her son, Adam, grows