Until I Find You : A Novel

from pontusfreyhult

Standard John Irving fare; sex, school wrestling, some Wiennamania (although less than usual), a couple of unexpected deaths. As usual, the characters become persons (although it did take four or five hundred pages). Although not as good as A prayer for Owen Meany or Garp, John Irving fans will p...

from mnlohman

John Irving is one of my all time favorite authors. A Prayer for Owen Meany, Ciderhouse Rules, and A Widow for One Year are three of my favorite books. I found this one by accident in the discount section of Barnes and Noble, confounded that I had not heard of it (or forgot ten that I had) . I mu...

from jdsbooks

Forget what you've heard about John Irving - the man is popular, yes, but he is not really a popular novelist. He is instead a popular biographer of fictional people, and if you read three or four of his better literary efforts this is very apparent; the strength of his work comes not from the po...

from jennyo

I finished this behemoth of a book Thursday night. I'm torn about whether to recommend it or not. It's John Irving after all and the writing itself is exactly what you'd expect. I've always loved Irving and A Prayer For Owen Meany is probably my favorite book ever. So I personally was completely ...

from LadyN

Until I Find You is the fourth Irving novel I've read, but not my favourite. Jack Burns is a movie star retracing the steps of his childhood to discover that what we remember is not necessarily what happened. Constanly ill at ease with the absense of his father, this dominates his life and govern...