Fourth Hand, The

General fiction contemporary literary fiction psychological fiction

By John Irving · 2 more books

Synopsis

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. In Boston, a renowned hand surgeon awaits the opportunity to perform the nation's first hand transplant. A married woman in Wisconsin wants to give the one-handed reporter her husband's left hand, that is, after her husband dies. But the husband is alive, relatively young, and healthy...

Book Details

Pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Black Swan
ISBN-13
978-05-52771-09-2