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A Novel
Ballantine Books
May 2002
On Sale: May 14, 2002
Featuring: Patrick Wallingford; Doctor Nicholas M. Zajac
316 pages ISBN: 0345449347 EAN: 9780345449344 Paperback
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Television reporter Patrick Wallingford becomes a story
himself when he loses his hand to a caged lion while in
India covering a circus. The moment is captured live on
film, and Patrick (who wears a "perpetual but dismaying
smile--the look of someone who knows he's met you before but
can't recall the exact occasion") is henceforth known as the
lion guy. Before long, plans are made to equip Patrick with a new
hand. Doctor Nicholas M. Zajac, superstar surgeon,
indefatigable dog-poop scooper, runner, and part-time
father, is poised to perform the operation. But the
donor--or rather the widow of the donor--has a few
stipulations. Doris Clausen wants to meet the one-handed
reporter before the procedure, and insists on visitation
rights afterward. Irving weaves these characters and a
panoply of others together in a smart, funny, readable
narrative. Often farcical, The Fourth Hand is ultimately
something more: a tender chronicle of the redemptive power
of love.
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