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Title: Major dissapontment from an author of "Garp"
Review: After being smitten by " World according to Garp" this reader keeps looking for the same talent, brilliance and exuberance in Irving's books without finding any. "The Fourth Hand" is a major dissapointment as it reads as if the author is exhausted from writing novels, from writing as a medium for creative expression. Ennui, impatience, boredom predominate. None of the characters had any effect on this reader, seems like none of them effected the author too. The idea of the novel was probably bizarre enough for John Irving, but his heart and mind were not thrilled by it - hence the detached uninspired cliche filled piece of tired writing.Interesting to notice, that Irving fame would have probably reached Salinger's level, if he would choose to stop writing after "Garp".
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