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The fourth hand

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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. A married woman in Wisconsin wants to give the reporter her husband's hand, that is, after her husband dies. But the husband is very much alive.

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The fourth hand, John Irving

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2002
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Language
English
Publisher
Black Swan
Released
2002
Format
Paperback
ISBN10
0552771090
ISBN13
9780552771092
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First published
2001
Original title
The Fourth Hand
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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. A married woman in Wisconsin wants to give the reporter her husband's hand, that is, after her husband dies. But the husband is very much alive.