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First edition of the author� s seventh novel and what many consider his finest. Octavo, original half gray cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Michael & Linda with my affection - John Irving." The recipients novelist Michael Ondaatje, whose many works include the modern classic the English Patient, and his wife, Linda Spalding, herself a noted Canadian author, editor, and literary figure. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner. From the library of Michael Ondaatje. An exceptional association, linking two of the finest novelists of the last quarter of the twentieth century. A Prayer for Owen Meany won high praise on publication for � Irving� s powerful storytelling, his gift for creating memorable characters, his humor and his elemental emotional power� (Chronology of American Literature). "Irving's powerful storytelling, his gift for creating memorable characters, his humor and his elemental emotional power stimulated critics to compare him to Charles Dickens" (Chronology of American Literature). "A rare creation in the somehow exhausted world of late 20th-century fiction-it is an amazingly brave piece of work" (Stephen King).

A masterpiece of storytelling by John Irving, 'A Prayer for Owen Meany' centers on the life of Johnny Wheelwright and his best friend, Owen Meany, who believes he is an instrument of God.