The Fourth Hand

John Irving, Jason Culp

eAudio - 2007

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKWhile reporting a story from India, New York journalist Patrick Wallingford inadvertently becomes his own headline when his left hand is eaten by a lion. In Boston, a renowned surgeon eagerly awaits the opportunity to perform the nation’s first hand transplant. But what if the donor’s widow demands visitation rights with the hand? In answering this unexpected question, John Irving has written a novel that is by turns brilliantly comic and emotionally moving, offering a penetrating look at the power of second chances and the will to change.Praise for The Fourth Hand“A rich and deeply moving tale . . . Vintage Irving: a story of two very disparate people, and the strange and unexpe...cted ways we grow . . . Irving’s novels are perceptive and precise reflections of the world around us.”—The Washington Post Book World“A blend of... more