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| Title | : | Last Night in Twisted River |
| Author | : | John Irving |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 554 pages |
| Published | : | October 27th 2009 by Random House (first published 2009) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Contemporary. Historical. Historical Fiction |
John Irving
Hardcover | Pages: 554 pages Rating: 3.76 | 23580 Users | 2832 Reviews
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In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, an anxious twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local constable’s girlfriend for a bear. Both the twelve-year-old and his father become fugitives, forced to run from Coos County–to Boston, to southern Vermont, to Toronto–pursued by the implacable constable. Their lone protector is a fiercely libertarian logger, once a river driver, who befriends them.In a story spanning five decades, Last Night in Twisted River–John Irving’s twelfth novel–depicts the recent half-century in the United States as “a living replica of Coos County, where lethal hatreds were generally permitted to run their course.” From the novel’s taut opening sentence–“The young Canadian, who could not have been more than fifteen, had hesitated too long”–to its elegiac final chapter, Last Night in Twisted River is written with the historical authenticity and emotional authority of The Cider House Rules and A Prayer for Owen Meany. It is also as violent and disturbing a story as John Irving’s breakthrough bestseller, The World According to Garp.
What further distinguishes Last Night in Twisted River is the author’s unmistakable voice–the inimitable voice of an accomplished storyteller. Near the end of this moving novel, John Irving writes: “We don’t always have a choice how we get to know one another. Sometimes, people fall into our lives cleanly–as if out of the sky, or as if there were a direct flight from Heaven to Earth–the same sudden way we lose people, who once seemed they would always be part of our lives.”
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| Original Title: | Last Night in Twisted River |
| ISBN: | 1400063841 (ISBN13: 9781400063840) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | New Hampshire(United States) Boston, Massachusetts(United States) Pennsylvania(United States) …more Toronto, Ontario(Canada) …less |
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Ratings: 3.76 From 23580 Users | 2832 ReviewsComment On Out Of Books Last Night in Twisted River
The story in this book spans five decades, following the lives of a cook, Dominic Baciagalupo, and his 12-year-old son Danny. In the beginning of the story, they are living in a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, and after an accidental killing, they leave abruptly, taking up residence in another state, and always waiting for the day to come that they'd have to flee again. There were times that I was completely engrossed in the story... but there were parts in the middle,
If you're a fan of John Irving, there's a good chance you'll love this book: it's filled with his favourite motifs and themes-bears, wrestling, flatulent dogs, severed body parts, outsiders, and long digressions. I particularly enjoyed the first section which deals with the lumberjack life in Northern New Hampshire. As a writer, I was also fascinated by one character's reflections on writing and the writing life-there is a wealth of wisdom to be learned here. This character's career mirrors
This novel was published a couple of years ago, but I didnt get to it until recently, and wanted to give it a plug. I should mention that Im quite prejudiced here, because I love just about anything John Irving writes, but this is certainly one of his best books.Much like another of my Irving favorites, A Widow for One Year, Twisted River meanders for a while before the reader figures out that the story will focus primarily on the life of a writer; in this case, Danny Baciagalupo. But Irving can
I had such high hopes for this book. I thought to myself in the beginning.... "Hey, John Irving is finally BACK as a great American writer!" Unfortunately, little by little, the wheels started to come off the bus, and I found myself trudging through another story that was growing more tedious and dull with every page. The characters that started out so promising, evolved into flat, lifeless souls. And why does Irving always have to throw the sport of wrestling into the mix??? Sadly, John Irving
Irving is a genius. I state that upfront to make it clear where my review is coming from. No, Last Night in Twisted River is not his finest work. But even coming in at average, Irving outguns almost everyone else out there. And when I consider all the books I have given four stars to that don't even begin to compare to this one, I wish I could add another star on the scale, just to capture my feelings for Irving's greater works (Garp and Owen Meany come to mind). This book contains all of the
It's difficult for me to review John Irving objectively, because he is without a doubt the most beautiful author I have ever come across. Last Night does not disappoint, and reminds me why I am such a fan of his work to begin with. It did take me some time to get through - but it was definitely worth it in the end. I will agree that at times Irving is wordy - and I learned more than I cared to about the logging industry and the technical side of cooking.This novel, above any other from Irving,
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