Summary
‘A masterpiece from one of the great contemporary American writers.’
Imagine a young man on his way to a less-than-thirty-second event - the loss of his left hand, long before he reached middle age.
While reporting a story from India, a New York television journalist has his left hand eaten by a lion; millions of TV viewers witness the accident. In Boston, a renowned hand surgeon awaits the opportunity to perform the nation’s first hand transplant. A married woman in Wisconsin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552771092 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0552771090 |
| Author: | John Irving |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Black Swan |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 7 June 2002 |
| Weight: | 269g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 24mm |
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Critics Review
A rich and deeply moving tale… Vintage Irving
A rich and deeply moving tale… Vintage Irving * Washington Post *A beguiling tale of love and redemption * Time Out *Peerless… Writing without a wasted second * Guardian *Articulate, clever, quirky, more than a touch profound and very funny * Mirror *Sharp and very, very funny, this is another of Irving’s fiercely original meditations of life’s inherent strangeness * Uncut *Irving has a literary style similar to a snowball effect: with each novel he creates symbols and develops themes to accompany those he has already accumulated. Grief, loss, abortion, amputation, sex, children, America’s political history and the power of foresight are all explored here * Observer *Richly entertaining reading: part satire, part farce… there’s no better - or funnier - reintroduction to the least known truly great American author * FHM *A coruscating comedy of sexual manners. In the margins of a hard-hitting satire on the modern media, Irving has produced some of the funniest bedroom scenes of recent years * Sunday Telegraph *If you are looking for something light and provocative for the beach this is a great little number * Irish Independent *an engaging, warm-hearted novel’ * Scotland on Sunday *
About The Author
John Irving
John Irving published his first novel, Setting Free the Bears, in 1968. He has been nominated for a National Book Award three times - winning once, in 1980, for the novel The World According to Garp. He also received an O. Henry Award in 1981 for the short story ‘Interior Space’. In 1992, he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules - a film with seven Academy Award nominations. In 2001, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His most recent novel is Last Night in Twisted River.
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