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John Irving
"The Fourth Hand"
In John Irving's latest novel, a TV reporter loses his left hand to a lion while reporting live from India.
Read by Jason Culp
Oct 4, 2001
"The Fourth Hand" by John Irving
In the novelist's latest, a studly newscaster loses a limb but gains a deeper understanding of sex.
By Emily Jenkins
Jul 13, 2001
"The Cider House Rules"
In adapting his novel for the screen, John Irving
wanted
the story to be trimmer than in his book -- as long as he was the one wielding the knife.
By Charles Taylor
Oct 27, 2000
Look out! Here comes a sound bite!
Being at the Academy Awards has a strange effect on the attendees. Some are moved to eloquence, some to idiocy, while others become just plain insufferable.
By Amy Reiter
Mar 27, 2000
The John Irving rules
Oscar watch: The author of "The Cider House Rules" talks about his Academy Award nomination, abortion and his strange fixation on oral sex.
By Jeff Stark
Mar 8, 2000
"Beauty" pageant
Oscar nominations for suburban satire and Denzel Washington; "Mr. Ripley" and Jim Carrey snubbed.
By Andrew O'Hehir
Feb 16, 2000
"The Cider House Rules"
Driven by Tobey Maguire's marvelously layered performance, Lasse Hallstrvm's old-fashioned cinematic yarn-spinning yields genuine emotion without sentimentality.
By Stephanie Zacharek
Jan 25, 2000
Tom Wolfe calls Irving, Mailer and Updike "the Three Stooges"
"Bonfire of the Vanities" author fans literary feud.
By Craig Offman
Jan 21, 2000
Letters to the editor
I knew Mumia when he was Wesley Cook. Plus: The L.A. Times' "blow job"; don't ask, don't tell about Stuart Little.
Letters to the editor
Jan 5, 2000
John Irving blasts Tom Wolfe, Wolfe blasts back
Irving says Wolfe can't write, Wolfe says Irving's all washed up.
By Craig Offman
Dec 21, 1999
Kelleyvision
The creator of "Ally McBeal" and "The Practice" owns prime time. How many cat fights, dwarf lawyers and middlebrow sermons can we take?
By Joyce Millman
Sep 20, 1999
A prayer for Owen Mean
John Irving emerges as a capitalist windbag as class warfare erupts in Vermont.
By Peter Kurth
Jul 1, 1998
A Widow For One Year
Peter Kurth reviews 'A Widow for One Year' by John Irving.
By Peter Kurth
Apr 28, 1998
John Irving
Literature's muscle man talks about how he wrestled his writing career to the ground and why he'd like to grind critics' faces into the mat.
By Joan Smith
Mar 3, 1997
Personal Best: A Prayer for Owen Meany
"A Prayer for Owen Meany" by John Irving
By Cintra Wilson
Sep 30, 1996
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