Ellen C. (marathonmom) reviewed on 8/14/2007 + 25 more book reviews

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Owen Meany speaks in CAPITAL LETTERS and so does this book. Though dated to the Reagan/Contra era, the book is still interesting and engaging twenty years later. Like many of John Irving's novels, things always seem a little off-center until the plot is resolved clearly and brilliantly. Both Owen, and his narrator, John Wheelwright, are complex, three-dimensional characters with powerful messages to deliver. Well worth reading.

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