There are few things as seemingly untouched by the real world as a child asleep. - John Irving

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There are few things as seemingly untouched by the real world as a child asleep.

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

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