The Last Chairlift

John 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 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 The Last Chairlift, they aren't the first or the last ghosts he sees.

John Irving has written some of the most acclaimed books of our time--among them, The World According to Garp and The Cider House Rules. A visionary voice on the subject of sexual tolerance, Irving is a bard of alternative families. In The Last Chairlift, readers will once more be in his thrall.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 10/18/2022
ISBN: 9781501189272
Pages: 912
Weight: 1.46lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.25w x 1.07d

Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 05/01/2022 pg. 2
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2022
Booklist 08/01/2022 pg. 21
Publishers Weekly 08/22/2022