The Last Chairlift Halloween Ding hadn't seen his friend

Ding hadn't seen his friend since Peter's transfer to the CIA eighteen months prior

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of That Summer comes another heartfelt and unputdownable novel of family

and wildly unpredictable as the author himself

Every nine years

joy in the hushed beauty of winter

The Last Chairlift Halloween Ding hadn't seen his friendJohn Irving, one of the worlds greatest novelists, returns with his first novel in seven yearsa ghost story, a love story, and a lifetime of sexual politics. In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray, as she is called, finishes nowhere near the podium, but she manages to get pregnant. Back home, in New England, Little Ray becomes a ski instructor. Her son, Adam, grows