Billy, the bisexual narrator of "In One Person", tells the tragicomic story (lasting more than half a century) of his life as a 'sexual suspect' - a phrase Irving used in his 1978 novel "The World According To Garp". This is a compelling novel of desire, secrecy and sexual identity, and Irving's most political book since "The Cider House Rules" and "A Prayer For Owen Meany".