The Fourth Hand by Irving, John

The Fourth Hand asks an interesting question: "How can anyone identify a dream of the future?" The answer: "Destiny is not imaginable, except in dreams or to those in love."While reporting a story from India, a New York television journalist has his left hand eaten by a lion; millions of TV viewers witness the accident. In Boston, a renowned hand surgeon awaits the opportunity to perform the nation's first hand transplant; meanwhile, in the distracting aftermath of an acrimonious divorce, the surgeon is seduced by his housekeeper. A married woman in Wisconsin wants to give the one-handed reporter her husband's left hand-that is, after her husband dies. But the husband is alive, relatively young, and healthy.This is how John Irving's tenth novel begins; it seems, at first, to be a comedy, perhaps a satire, almost certainly a sexual farce. Yet, in the end, The Fourth Hand is as realistic and emotionally moving as any of Mr. Irving's previous novels-including The World According to Garp, A Prayer for… Read More

Ballantine Books, 2002-01-01. Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Good.

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada: Random House of Canada, Limited, 2002. Soft cover. Fine. Fine in Fine jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.316 While reporting a story from India a journalist inadvertently becomes his own headline when his left hand is eaten by a lion. clean tight copy.

Toronto: Vintage Canada, 2002. Book. Illus. by Honi Werner;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 316 pp. Trade paperback format. Light rubbing on the corners with a flat uncreased spine. Cover by Honi Werner. 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?.

Ballantine Books. Used - Good. Bargain book!

21x14x3cm. 2002. Broché. 352 pages.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.