A Prayer for Owen Meany

a novel

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Paperback, 552 pages

English language

Published Nov. 19, 2001 by Ballantine Books.

ISBN:
978-0-345-41797-8
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OCLC Number:
37913809

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Owen Meany, the only child of a New Hampshire granite quarrier, believes he is God's instrument. He is.

This is John Irving's most comic novel: yet Owen Meany is Mr. Irving's most heartbreaking character. (back cover)

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  • Fiction
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