The Fourth Hand

ISBN: 0345449347

Author: Irving, John

Condition: New

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKWhile 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 nations first hand transplant. But what if the donors 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.Praise for The Fourth HandA rich and deeply moving tale . . . Vintage Irving: a story of two very disparate people, and the strange and unexpected ways we grow . . . Irvings novels are perceptive and precise reflections of the world around us.-The Washington Post Book WorldA blend of sexual farce, journalistic satire, and tender love story . . . From what at first seems bizarre, Irving builds the best kind of love story: an improbable one. Wallingford gets more than a transplanted hand; he begins to find his soul.-USA TodayA riveting entertainment and certainly one of the funniest novels of the year. The authoritative control of Irvings storytelling has never been more impressive. . . . The delighted reader is powerless to look away.-Chicago Sun-Times[A] thoroughly satisfying literary experience . . . Irvings most compassionate and redemptive [novel] to date . . . [His] mastery of characterization is unequaled in American novelists of the day.-St. Louis Post-DispatchA beautiful story about the redemptive power of love.-The Denver Post