John IrvingΓÇÖs fifteenth novel is ΓÇ£powerfully cinematicΓÇ¥ (The Washington Post) and ΓÇ£eminently readableΓÇ¥ (The Boston Globe). The Last Chairlift is part ghost story,part love storyspanning eight decades of sexual politics. In AspenColoradoin 1941Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Rayas she is calledfinishes nowhere near the podiumbut she manages to get pregnant. Back homein New EnglandLittle Ray becomes a ski instructor. Her sonAdamgrows up in a family that defies conventions and evades questions concerning the eventful past. Years laterlooking for answershe will go to Aspen. In the Hotel Jeromewhere he was conceivedAdam will meet some ghosts; in The Last Chairliftthey arenΓÇÖt the first or last ghosts he sees. John Irving has written some of the most acclaimed books of our timeΓÇöamong themThe World According to Garp and The Cider House Rules. A visionary voice on the subject of sexual toleranceIrving is a bard of alternative families. In the ΓÇ£generously intertextualΓÇ¥ (The New York Times) The Last Chairliftreaders will once more be in his thrall.