# The Water-Method Man

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- Book: [The Water-Method Man](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-irving/the-water-method-man) ([The Water-Method Man.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-irving/the-water-method-man.md))
- Authors: [John Irving](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-irving)
- Publisher: ballantine_books
- ISBN: 978-03-4541-800-5
- Pages: 288
- Published: 1997-06-23
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

“John Irving, it is abundantly clear, is a true artist.”—Los Angeles Times Fred " Bogus" Trumper has troubles. A divorced, broke graduate student of Old Norse in 1970s New York,...