Billy, the bisexual narrator of }In One Person{, tells the tragicomic story (lasting more than half a century) of his life as a 'sexual suspect' - a phrase Irving used in his 1978 novel }The World According To Garp{. This is a compelling novel of desire, secrecy and sexual identity, and Irving's most political book since }The Cider House Rules{ and }A Prayer For Owen Meany{ 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.
