The Imaginary Girlfriend

Dedicated to the memory of two wrestling coaches and two
writer friends The Imaginary Girlfriend is John Irvings
candid memoir of his twin careers in writing and
wrestling. The award-winning author of best-selling novels
from The World According to Garp to In One Person Irving
began writing when he was fourteen the same age at which
he began to wrestle at Exeter. He competed as a wrestler
for twenty years was certified as a referee at twenty-four
and coached the sport until he was forty-seven. Irving
coached his sons Colin and Brendan to New England
championship titles a championship that he himself was
denied.