The Last Chairlift

Written by John Irving

Narrated by Jacques Roy, Raquel Beattie, Cassandra Campbell and 13 more

John Irving, one of the world’s greatest novelists, returns with his first novel in seven years — a ghost story, a love story, and a lifetime of sexual politics.

In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray, as she is called, finishes nowhere near the podium, but she manages to get pregnant. Back home, in New England, Little Ray becomes a ski instructor.

Her son, Adam, grows up in a family that defies conventions and evades questions concerning the eventful past. Years later, looking for answers, Adam will go to Aspen. In the Hotel Jerome, where he was conceived, Adam will meet some ghosts; in The Last Chairlift, they aren’t the first or the last ghosts he sees.

John Irving has written some of the most acclaimed books of our time — among them, The World According to Garp and The Cider House Rules. A visionary voice on the subject of sexual tolerance, Irving is a bard of alternative families. In The Last Chairlift, readers will once more be in his thrall.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK
• Release date: Oct 18, 2022
• ISBN: 9781471192074

John Irving

John Irving has been nominated for a National Book Award three times—winning in 1980 for the novel The World According to Garp. In 1992, Irving was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He won the 2000 Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules. In 2001, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Irving's most recent novel is In One Person (2012).

Reviews for The Last Chairlift

[Katherine Smith · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I wanted to be part of this family Irving has created. JI writes characters so fully with all their traits and flaws that it is so easy to fall in love with.
You also learn a lot about a variety of subjects as JI researches subjects incredibly well.
Although there are tough gritty themes explored throughout the book JI writes about them sensitively but also often with some humour.