The Fourth Hand
While reporting a story from India, New York journalist Patrick Wallingford inadvertently becomes his own headline when his left hand is eaten by a lion. In Boston, a renowned surgeon eagerly awaits the opportunity to perform the nation’s first hand transplant. But what if the donor’s widow...
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While reporting a story from India, New York journalist Patrick Wallingford inadvertently becomes his own headline when his left hand is eaten by a lion. In Boston, a renowned surgeon eagerly awaits the opportunity to perform the nation’s first hand transplant. But what if the donor’s widow demands visitation rights with the hand? In answering this unexpected question, John Irving has written a novel that is by turns brilliantly comic and emotionally moving, offering a penetrating look at the power of second chances and the will to change.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780345449344 (0345449347)
Publish date: May 14th 2002
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Pages no: 313
Edition language: English
One would think that a less bloated book from Irving would mean a better one, but unfortunately, that wasn't the case with this novel. Find out why from my review here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2014/08/31/the-consequences-of-a-hand-job/
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