I'm a fan of John Irving,and I think I've read all his works to date.
Not a huge fan of "In One Person". The topic material certainly had some potential - coming to grips with being gay/bisexual/transexual in a small town and private school setting. But the story never really went anywhere. The main character never really seemed to have any issues/problems or complications dealing with his bisexuality, the main "intriguing other", a student in the school lusted after by the main character and his close female friend was never either likable, nor particularly dislikable - it was hard to really care about him, even though his backstory had lots of interesting tidbits (odd mother, mainly), I never really cared enough about he character to be surprised/shocked/enlightened by any of the revelations.
The sadness of living through the first AIDS wave, when it was just being understood was touching, but as only marginally significant characters were involved, it lacked the "bite" that might have made the story more interesting.
Like all Irving books, there were quirks that made things interesting, but overall, not one of his best works.
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