I wonder what John Irving's fascination was with hospitals (and other institutions like hotels)? He had a similar upbringing to the character in Garp, but hospitals don't seem to figure greatly. I suppose any institution is a good novelistic device because of the number of characters you can introduce and how they interact.
Irving won the best screenplay Oscar for his adaptation, and Michael Caine received his second Oscar as the tough and tender pro-abortion doctor. A timely rewatching with 12 US States now having totally outlawed abortion - the old back street days will of course reappear.
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