The Fourth Hand Travellers Handbook [Hardcover]

John Irving (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; Airside ed edition (July 9, 2001)
• ISBN-10: 074755689X
• ISBN-13: 978-0747556893
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.3 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,090,496 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

John Irving published his first novel, Setting Free the Bears, in 1968. He has been nominated for a National Book Award three times-winning once, in 1980, for the novel The World According to Garp. He also received an O. Henry Award, in 1981, for the short story "Interior Space." In 1992, Mr. Irving was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules-a film with seven Academy Award nominations. In 2001, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Last Night in Twisted River is John Irving's twelfth novel.