The literary titan is still publishing books, and still pushing envelopes, at 83. But you will not see him in the United States anytime soon.
“Make sure you have time,” said Dr. Marty Schwartz, a physician with a family practice in Toronto and a longtime friend of Mr. Irving’s. “When he starts to tell you something, you can see it being written as if it were a book in his head.”
The words ... [9177 chars]