Irving returned to Random House for his next book, A Son of the Circus (1995). Arguably his most complicated and difficult book, and a departure from the themes and settings of his previous novels, it received ambivalent reviews by American critics but became a national and international bestseller on the strength of Irving's reputation for fashioning literate, engrossing page-turners. Irving returned in 1998 with A Widow for One Year, which was named a New York Times Notable Book.
irving returned to random house for his next book a son of the circus (1995) arguably his most complicated and difficult book and a departure from the themes and settings of his previous novels it received ambivalent reviews by american critics but became a national and international bestseller on the strength of irving's reputation for fashioning literate engrossing page-turners irving returned in 1998 with a widow for one year which was named a new york times notable book