A work of genius IndependentMarvellously funny . . . What better entertainment is there than a serious book which makes you laugh? SpectatorIf you care about something you have to protect it. If youre 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, elevenyearold John Wheelwright and his best friend Owen Meany are playing in a Little League baseball game. When Owen hits a foul ball which kills Johns mother, their lives are changed in an instant.It is dismissed as a tragic accident but Owen disagrees. He believes that he is Gods 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 Owens divine plan was not imagined after all.Discover the funny yet poignant classic by the bestselling author of The World According to Garp.So extraordinary, so original, and so enriching Stephen King, The Washington PostMay justly join the classic American list Anthony Burgess, Observer

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