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The Fourth Hand
The Fourth Hand
Author: John Irving
Patrick Wallingford, a TV reporter, is good looking, successful, and a hit with women. On an assignment, his hand is bitten off by a lion, making him into an instant media celebrity. He meets a childless woman who offers him the hand of her dead husband if he will impregnate her. New York Times Notable Book for 2001
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ISBN-13: 9780965197663
ISBN-10: 0965197662
Publication Date: 2001
Pages: 318
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 12 ratings
Publisher: Random House
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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 Firefly avatar reviewed The Fourth Hand on + 57 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This is NOT one of Irving's better novels. I have read many and have enjoyed them all, until this one. The premiss was intriguing, but the execution is just not up to his usual greatness. If you'd like to read Irving, don't start with this one! And if you like Irving, you probably don't want to take time to read this one either.
traczie avatar reviewed The Fourth Hand on + 2 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
What a terrible book.
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Helpful Score: 1
Another terrific and unusual story from Mr. Irving!
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Helpful Score: 1
I loved this book! It was very different in a refreshing way! Just an unusual but intriguing story! Made me want to read more by John Irving!
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Helpful Score: 1
An interesting love story, about the world's first hand transplant and the woman who loves the hand, its giver, and its receiver.
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What a bizarre story! So typical of John Irving's style! I liked two of his other books, but not this one so much. Wish I had read the reviews first, then I would not have bothered. Still an experience, though! D.
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This one is a love story by John Irving.
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another crazy one from john irving!
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I haven't read a lot of John Irving, though I loved The World According to Garp. This book held me interested -- something that's been hard to do lately and I thoroughly enjoyed it!
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another great/odd one by John Irving!
nana23 avatar reviewed The Fourth Hand on + 243 more book reviews
Really strange novel about a hand transplant and about second chances.
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Classic John Irving -- right up there with Owen Meany & Cider House Rules

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