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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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- Released
- 2002
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- Title
- The Fourth Hand
- Language
- English
- Authors
- John Irving
- Publisher
- Vintage Canada
- Released
- 2002
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN10
- 0676973930
- ISBN13
- 9780676973938
- 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. 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.












