Avenue of Mysteries (Hardcover)

from SamSattler

Longtime fans of John Irving's novels will note several recurrent themes and techniques in Avenue of Mysteries that hark back to Irving's earlier work: the plight of orphans, life inside a small circus, the homosexual and transsexual lifestyles, the dubious value of organized religion, and the us...

from steve02476

Great book, maybe not perfect, but a lot of fun. Beautiful and funny. Sad and mysterious too. Not my favorite John Irving book, but I'm glad I read it.

from LynnB

I love John Irving's writing so much. Whenever he writes a new book, I buy it without even reading the fly-leaf to find out what it's about. In this case, we have a story with many vintage Irving themes and motifs. Which, while some find it "lazy", I enjoy very much...reading his books always con...

from gayla.bassham

I read The World According to Garp and A Prayer for Owen Meany when I was 16 and loved them, and I liked The Cider House Rules quite a lot. But neither Irving's style nor his themes have changed one whit since then; he doesn't seem to have grown or evolved, and so his more recent books have been ...

from Donna828

There is a good story in this book about a boy who rescued books from the ongoing fires in an Oaxaca, Mexico dump and taught himself to read. Juan Diego is an intelligent and clever boy who has managed survive with a mangled foot and even take care of his younger sister, Lupe, who has a disorder ...