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Title: There is no Under Toad in this lake
Review: But there IS Lambeau Field! Out here in the "Great American Fly-over Zone," we know Packer Backers with cabins at the lake and a separate refridgerator outside just for the beer. There is not the riot of characters and multiple story lines that populate some of John Irving's other work, but Zujac & Hildred & son & Irma & the dog are a hoot!4th Hand is more outline than other intricately interwoven/intersecting sprawling Irving. I agree with other reviewers here that this one was probably written with an eye towards a movie (an amalgam of Network /Any Given Sunday/ On Golden Pond ?) on which he would not need to take as broadly swathing a scalpel as was done with Garp and Cider House Rules. Even a pared down Irving outshines many writers at top form!
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