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While reporting a story from India, a New York television journalist has his left hand eaten by a lion; millions of TV viewers witness the accident. What happens next is the subject of Irving's tenth novel, which offers a penetrating look at the power of second chances and the will to change.
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The Fourth Hand, John Irving
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- Released
- 2001
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- Title
- The Fourth Hand
- Language
- English
- Authors
- John Irving
- Publisher
- Random House
- Released
- 2001
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 316
- ISBN10
- 0375506276
- ISBN13
- 9780375506277
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Love, Contemporary Fiction, USA, American Literature, Literary Fiction, Marriage, New York, India, Satire, Boston, Americans, Reporters, Transplantation
- First published
- 2001
- Original title
- The Fourth Hand
- Rating
- 3.35 out of 5
- Description
- While reporting a story from India, a New York television journalist has his left hand eaten by a lion; millions of TV viewers witness the accident. What happens next is the subject of Irving's tenth novel, which offers a penetrating look at the power of second chances and the will to change.














