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Irving patiently unspools a story, revealing a plot that keeps you engaged and leaves you feeling a little more knowledgeable. For the rest of us, well, that first 116 pages makes a cracking good novella. Last night in twisted river by john irving goodreads. Irvings novels, the world according to garp and last night in twisted river contain absurd flat characters and grotesque incidents. Last night in twisted river historical novel society. A novel unabridged by john irving paid audiobooks best sellers. Danny is only twelve years old when, hearing strange noises, he walks in on his father having sex with an american indian woman known as injun jane, a large, hirsute lady. In last night in twisted river, the fatherson duo of cookie and danny baciagalupo flee from the law and into a north american odyssey of food, cameraderie, and inescapable violence. In a story spanning five decades, last night in twisted river depicts the recent halfcentury in the united states as a living replica of coos county, where lethal hatreds were generally permitted to run their course.
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