In One Person

by John Irving

Book, 2012

Publication

Simon & Schuster (2013)

Collections

Fiction, General Fiction, RECOMMENDED: Bisexual Book Awards

Tags

Bisexual, IMI: Transgender, MC: Cisgender Bisexual Man, Novel(s), Setting: Maine, Setting: United States, Writers

Awards

Dublin Literary Award (Longlist — 2014)
Lambda Literary Award (Winner — 2012)
Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction (Longlist — Fiction — 2013)
Bisexual Book Award (Winner — Fiction — 2012)
Booklist Editor's Choice: Adult Books (Fiction — 2012)
3 more
The New York Times Notable Books of the Year (Fiction & Poetry — 2012)
San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year (Fiction/Poetry — 2012)
ALA Over the Rainbow Book List (Selection — Fiction — 2013)

Content and Summary Info

Bisexual Content: The main character (cisgender man) identifies as bisexual.

Intersecting Marginalized Identities: Supporting characters (sexual orientation unknown) are transgender.

Publisher's Summary: ...a story of unfulfilled love—tormented, funny, and affecting—and an impassioned embrace of our sexual differences. Billy, the bisexual narrator and main character of In One Person, tells the tragicomic story (lasting more than half a century) of his life as a "sexual suspect,"...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."

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