Last Night in Twisted River (Hardcover)

from sarum

First and foremost - I buy every John Irving book as soon as it comes out. I had been very disappointed with "Until I Find You" and when I first started Twisted River I was a bit slow getting caught up in the story. The Twisted River is an analogy to the story line which winds through the lives o...

from eleanor_eader

John Irving is not an 'entire works' author for me, because I've found that while I always enjoy his writing, I'm not truly engaged in the plots or characters of any but the best of them. When he nails all the elements, though, his writing lifts his stories into the stratosphere, leaving the read...

from paulb

A very interesting book, with some fantastic episodes in the long meandering story of father and son fleeing from a renegade cop. Some really amusing chapters, my favorite perhaps being chapter "Lady Sky", featuring a nude skydiver of Amazonian proportions landing in a pig pen. The plot sort of a...

from BCCJillster

Irving seems to be back in form, the form those of us who loved Ciderhouse Rules loved. Heck, there's even a bear story! While it doesn't have the magic of A Prayer for Owen Meany, my favorite Irving, it does have the warmth. Memorable characters galore fill this tale of a father and son being co...

from alaskabookworm

Last week at book group in discussing books we'd lately been reading, I brought out my copy of John Irving's latest, Last Night in Twisted River, and passed it around. Upon reading the back cover of the book, one of the gals (my sixth grade son's current teacher) excited exclaimed that she grew u...