Transsexualism
John Irving on New England, Sexuality, and ‘In One Person’
In 1978, author John Irving rocketed to stardom with a sweeping, complex novel called “The World According to Garp.” It featured several characters unfamiliar to most Americans, including Roberta Muldoon, the former Philadelphia Eagles tight-end living as a transsexual. Irving often grapples with bisexuality and non-heterosexual relationships in his novels, but while a character like Roberta played […]
