A compelling novel of desire, secrecy, and sexual identity, In One Person is a story of unfulfilled love ? tormented, funny, and affecting ? and an impassioned embrace of our sexual differences. Billy, the bisexual narrator and main character, tells the tragicomic story (lasting more than half a century) of his life as a ?sexual suspect?, a phrase first used by John Irving in 1978 ? in his landmark novel of ?terminal cases?*, The World According to Garp*. His most political novel since The Cider House Rules and A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving?s In One Person is a poignant tribute to Billy?s friends and lovers ? a theatrical cast of characters who defy category and convention. Not least, In One Person is an intimate and unforgettable portrait of the solitariness of a bisexual man who is dedicated to making himself ?worthwhile?.