The point was - he wasn't <i>acting</i>. It was as if he'd forgotten how! Jack still knew his lines, but he was out of character... Jack had <i>stopp… - John Irving

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The point was - he wasn't acting. It was as if he'd forgotten how! Jack still knew his lines, but he was out of character... Jack had stopped acting. He was just Jack Burns - the real Jack Burns at last.

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About John Irving

John Winslow Irving (born 2 March 1942) is an American novelist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter (for The Cider House Rules, based on his novel of the same name).

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Alternative Names: John Winslow Irving John Wallace Blunt, Jr.
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