{"product_id":"9780552993692","title":"A Prayer For Owen Meany : a ‘genius’ modern American classic","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: John Irving\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 1 May 1990 by Transworld Publishers Ltd (Black Swan) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 720 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 198 x 42mm | 518g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A work of genius' Independent'Marvellously funny . . . What better entertainment is there than a serious book which makes you laugh?' Spectator'If you care about something you have to protect it. If you're lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.'Summer, 1953. In the small town of Gravesend, New Hampshire, eleven-year-old John Wheelwright and his best friend Owen Meany are playing in a Little League baseball game. When Owen hits a foul ball which kills John's mother, their lives are changed in an instant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is dismissed as a tragic accident but Owen disagrees. He believes that he is God's instrument, put on Earth for a higher purpose. And as the boys come into adulthood to the background of the Vietnam War, a series of remarkable events show that perhaps Owen's divine plan was not imagined after all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscover the funny yet poignant classic by the bestselling author of The World According to Garp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'So extraordinary, so original, and so enriching' Stephen King, The Washington Post'May justly join the classic American list' Anthony Burgess, Observer\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Irving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57548567511365,"sku":"9780552993692","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9780552993692.jpg?v=1774886409","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9780552993692","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}