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6. A Prayer for Own Meany?!?

Thu Mar 31, 2022, 12:58 PM

Mar 2022

John Irving isn't a comedy writer as far as I'm concerned. By his own admission, he likes creating interesting characters and putting them through the most horrible situations. If anything he writes about tragic circumstances where your only option is to laugh, or you'd go insane crying.

I'll say of Owen Meany, it made me more respectful and understanding of people who have very strong faiths.

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