A Prayer for Owen Meany (Paperback) by John Irving

from agnesmack

When I finished this book I felt very confident that I enjoyed reading it more than I have any other book this year. As I added it to my spreadsheet and read through the other books I've read this ...

from browner56

Faith and doubt, pre-destination and choice, symbols and reality, truth and deception: These could easily be the themes of an author writing in the 1800s, but this novel is quite decidedly a produc...

from jayne_charles

This is a book I found tough to read, but it's worth ploughing through. It really improves as it progresses and adds up to a highly satisfying and memorable whole. It has all the hallmarks of an Ir...

from audreya2

The first sentence of the book is a zinger: "I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice - not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person I ever knew, or even because he was...

from EPDad

The book arrived very quickly and was cheaper than the price on other sites. And it is a very funny book!