In One Person

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''.