The Fourth Hand by John Irving Paperback Book

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Author: John Irving

Format: Mass Market Paperback

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Published: May 2002

Genre: Fiction - Literary

Retail Price: $7.99

Pages: 352

Synopsis

Patrick Wallingford, a TV reporter, is good looking, successful, and a hit with women. On an assignment, his hand is bitten off by a lion, making him into an instant media celebrity. He meets a childless woman who offers him the hand of her dead husband if he will impregnate her. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001.

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