Prayer for Owen Meany, A

General fiction bildungsroman contemporary contemporary classics

By John Irving · 2 more books

Synopsis

Eleven-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 ball is both extraordinary and terrifying.

Book Details

Pages
636
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Random House
ISBN-13
978-05-52993-69-2