Last Night in Twisted River: A Novel
Oct 2009 · Sold by Random House
3.8star
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In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, an anxious twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local constable’s girlfriend for a bear. Both the twelve-year-old and his father become fugitives, forced to run from Coos County—to Boston, to southern Vermont, to Toronto—pursued by the implacable constable. Their lone protector is a fiercely libertarian logger, once a river driver, who befriends them. In a story spanning five decades, Last Night in Twisted River depicts the recent half-century in the United States as “a living replica of Coos County, where lethal hatreds were generally permitted to run their course.” What further distinguishes Last Night in Twisted River is the author’s unmistakable voice—the inimitable voice of an accomplished storyteller.
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3.8
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January 31, 2010
I did not enjoy this book. It went on forever and I never figured out where it was going. I finally skipped to the end just to get it over with. In reading the last few chapters, it didn't even make me want to go find out what I missed.
Jeffrey Brown
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July 3, 2014
Excellent read except Mr. Irving, should keep his political opinions out of his writing. If he wants to be a political analyst, he should work for a news network. By injecting his political comments it subtracts from his tremendous writing ability.
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May 6, 2012
One of his best! I love this book.
About the author
John Irving has been nominated for a National Book Award three times—winning once, in 1980, for the novel The World According to Garp. In 1992, Mr. Irving was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules—a film with seven Academy Award nominations.
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