A Prayer for Owen Meany
of John Irving (Goodreads Author)
Description
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 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.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 637 pages
- Publisher Black Swan
- Publication Date 10/28/90
- First Publication 03/28/89
- Language English
- ISBN 9780552135399
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Gravesend, New Hampshire (United States)', 'Toronto, Ontario (Canada)']
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