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Notable new fiction. John Irving gained literary prominence with the brilliant The World According to Garp, and enduring praise for the timeless A Prayer for Owen Meany. Now he's back with another dazzling novel, Last Night in Twisted River. This intricate story spanning five decades is set in 1954 New Hampshire, where an anxious 12-year-old boy mistakes the local constable's girlfriend for a bear.

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