As the world watches, handsome TV journalist Patrick Wallingford, who is obsessed with minutely described one-night stands, has his hand eaten by a lion at the Gnesh Circus. (The gnesh is an Indian symbol of new beginnings). Viewer Doris and her husband Otto are obsessed with the Green Bay Packers and with having a child. Doris cajoles Otto into willing his left hand to Patrick and surprise! Otto soon (accidentally?) kills himself. Famous hand surgeon Nicholas Zajak is, for his part, obsessed with dog feces also described in endless detail which he scoops up with his old lacrosse stick and hurls at rowers on the Charles River.
Personen: Irving, John
Standort: HST
FS.E Irv
Irving, John:
¬The¬ Fourth Hand : A Novel / John Irving. - Canada : Knopf, 2001. - 313 S.
ISBN 978-0-676-97392-1
FS.E - Sachlit.-Buch