In one of this man's novels, a character is afraid of the "Under Toad," and that novel contains a short story largely concerning a bear on a unicycle. In that novel by this man, former football player Roberta Muldoon gets a sex change and defends the Ellen Jamesians' decision to bar one character from attending his mother's funeral. In another of his novels, Wally Worthing
In one of this man's novels, a character is afraid of the "Under Toad," and that novel contains a short story largely concerning a bear on a unicycle. In that novel by this man, former football player Roberta Muldoon gets a sex change and defends the Ellen Jamesians' decision to bar one character from attending his mother's funeral. In another of his novels, Wally Worthington returns paralyzed from Burma and Rose Rose is raped by her migrant worker father, after which she receives an abortion from Homer Wells. This author wrote a novel in which the title character marries Helen Holm and writes "The Pension Grillparzer." For 10 points, name this American author of The Cider House Rules and The World According to Garp.
In one of this man's novels, a character is afraid of the "Under Toad," and that novel contains a short story largely concerning a bear on a unicycle.
John Irving