David Schwinghammer’s Reviews > The Last Chairlift > Status Update

Adam wins an Oscar for a screenplay. Author, John Irving, won one in 2000 for his screen play for "Cider House Rules".

Almost done with this monster.

Em, one of Adam's lady friends, has written a book: COME HANG YOURSELF. She's bitter about one of her friends who was shot and killed during a performance.

Irving is fixated on the ghosts now, but he never properly introduced them in the first place. They're not believable.

This is a real door stop. I can barely lift it. Matthew, Adam's son, can see the ghosts as well. Adam's mother shows up as well and the "snowshoer". I'm not sure who the snowshoer is. Irving assumes you know.

Ghost and the living intermix; Irving treats them the same. You can't really tell which is which unless he tells you. If you know a character is a ghost, by the time you see him or here again you don't remember.

I think it's pretty cute, putting Lex Barker, in his book. I actually remember him from when I went to actual movies. We had a theater in our small town, population around 850. Movies are always better in a theater. I think Johnny Weissmuller (sp.) also played Tarzan. Irving could've used him. Some of us old fogies would remember him, too.

I wonder if Irving asked himself if this book was too long. Well, I'll do it for him. "Hey, John! This book is too long!" 889 pages.

He's now going over Paul Goode's movies. Adam is pretty sure Paul Goode is his father.

There are a couple of suicides. Irving didn't give us any hints this was going to happen.

Adam's mom seems to be dying.

Funny line about one of Adam's girlfriends not wanting to read MOBY DICK because she thought it was about a penis.