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A Prayer For Owen Meany. John Irving. New. Unread paperback. Text and pages clean & unmarked. Very light shelf & handling wear. A nice unread copy of this classic novel from the author of The Cider House Rules, John Irving.Paperback: 626 pagesPrinting: 40thPublisher: Ballantine Books (1990)Language: EnglishEleven-year-old Owen Meany, playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire, hits a foul ball and kills his best friend's mother. Owen doesn't believe in accidents; he believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after that 1953 foul is both extraordinary and terrifying. At moments a comic, self-deluded victim, but in the end the principal, tragic actor in a divine plan, Owen Meany is the most heartbreaking hero John Irving has yet created.
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