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A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY
21 GREAT BLOOMSBURY READS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY |
| By: |
John Irving |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£8.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0747590109 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780747590101 |
| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
| Pub. date: |
2 January, 2007 |
| Edition: |
21st Birthday Celebratory ed |
| Pages: |
656 |
| Description: |
Featuring one of the most unforgettable characters in literary history: Owen Meany, this title is presented with an introduction by Jan Morris. |
| Synopsis: |
Eleven-year-old Owen Meany, playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire, hits a foul ball and kills his best friend's mother. Owen doesn't believe in accidents; he believes that he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after that 1953 foul is both extraordinary and terrifying. At moments a comic, self-deluded victim, but in the end the principal tragic actor in a divine plan, Owen Meany is the most heartbreaking hero John Irving has yet created. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |