Last night in twisted river : a novel / John Irving.

Author/creator Irving, John, 1942-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Random House, ©2009.
Descriptionxii, 554 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Coos County, New Hampshire, 1954 -- Under the logs -- Do-si-do -- A world of accidents -- The eight-inch cast iron skillet -- Boston, 1967 -- Nom de plume -- In media res -- Windham County, Vermont, 1983 -- Benevento and Avellino -- Dead dogs, remembering Mao's -- The fragile, unpredictable, nature of things -- Lady sky -- Honey -- Toronto, 2000 -- The blue mustang -- Kisses of wolves -- Coos County, New Hampshire, 2001 -- Ketchum's left hand -- Moose dancing -- Pointe au Baril Station, Ontario, 2005 -- Lost nation -- Ketchum excepted.
Abstract In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, an anxious twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local constable's girlfriend for a bear. Both the twelve-year-old and his father become fugitives, forced to run from Coos County-to Boston, to southern Vermont, to Toronto-pursued by the implacable constable. Their lone protector is a fiercely libertarian logger, once a river driver, who befriends them. A tale that spans five decades.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [559]).
LCCN 2009014449
ISBN9781400063840 (acid-free paper)
ISBN1400063841 (acid-free paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PS3559.R8 L37 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold