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Owen Meany, the only child of a New Hampshire granite quarrier, believes he is God's instrument; he is. This is John Irving's most comic novel, yet Owen Meany is Mr. Irving's most heartbreaking character.
About this Author
JOHN IRVING was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1942. His first novel, Setting Free the Bears, was published in 1968, when he was twenty-six. He competed as a wrestler for twenty years, and coached wrestling until he was forty-seven. Irving has been nominated for a National Book Award three times, winning in 1980 for The World According to Garp. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules. In 2013, he won a Lambda Literary Award for In One Person. An international writer, his books have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. A Prayer for Owen Meany is his best-selling novel, in every language. A dual citizen of the United States and Canada, John Irving lives in Toronto.
Reviews
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"A rare creation in the somehow exhausted world of late twentieth-century fiction. . . . Readers will come to the end feeling sorry to leave [this] richly textured and carefully wrought world." --Stephen King, The Washington Post Book World
"Roomy, intelligent, exhilarating and darkly comic. . . . Quite stunning." --Los Angeles Times Book Review
"John Irving is an abundantly and even joyfully talented storyteller." --The New York Times Book Review
"A Prayer for Owen Meany represents a milestone in an already distinguished career." --Toronto Star
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