# In One Person

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- Authors: [John Irving](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-irving)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2012-05-10
- Genres: Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general

## Description

A compelling novel of desire, secrecy, and sexual identity, In One Person is a story of unfulfilled love — tormented, funny, and affecting — and an impassioned embrace of our sexual differences. Billy, the bisexual narrator and main character, tells the tragicomic story (lasting more than half a century) of his life as a ‘sexual suspect’, a phrase first used by John Irving in 1978 — in his landmark novel of ‘terminal cases’ , The World According to Garp . His most political novel since The Cider House Rules and A Prayer for Owen Meany , John Irving’s In One Person is a poignant tribute to Billy’s friends and lovers — a theatrical cast of characters who defy category and convention. Not least, In One Person is an intimate and unforgettable portrait of the solitariness of a bisexual man who is dedicated to making himself ‘worthwhile’.

## Editions

### In One Person

- Publisher: Black Swan
- ISBN: 978-05-5277-844-2
- Pages: 624
- Published: 2013-03-14
- Language: en_GB

### In One Person

- Publisher: Transworld Digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-4812-510-4
- Published: 2012-05-10
- Language: en_GB

### In One Person

- Publisher: RH Audiogo
- Medium: audio
- Length: 16 h 19 min
- ISBN: 978-14-4812-376-6
- Published: 2012-05-10
- Language: en_GB

## This book in other languages

- [Personas como yo](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-irving/es/personas-como-yo) (es_ES)
- [ひとりの体で（上）](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-irving/ja/hitorino-karada-de-ue) (ja_JP)
- [W jednej osobie](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-irving/pl/w-jednej-osobie) (pl_PL)
- [Em uma só pessoa](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-irving/pt/em-uma-so-pessoa) (pt_BR)