Hardcover VTG John Irving A Prayer for Owen Meany Book

Hardcover John Irving A Prayer for Owen Meany Vintage Book Modern Library 2002 First Edition First Printing Excellent condition. Gray Book with gold lettering on the spine. A Prayer for Owen Meany is the seventh novel by American writer John Irving. Published in 1989, it tells the story of John Wheelwright and his best friend Owen Meany growing up together in a small New Hampshire town during the 1950s and 1960s. According to John's narration, Owen is a remarkable boy in many ways; he believes himself to be God's instrument and sets out to fulfill the fate he has prophesied for himself. In 2002, the Royal National Theatre staged Simon Bent's adaptation of A Prayer for Owen Meany starring Aidan McArdle as the title character and Richard Hope as John Wheelwright. In 2009, the BBC aired Linda Marshall Griffiths' adaptation of A Prayer for Owen Meany starring Henry Goodman, Toby Jones, Charlotte Emmerson and Max Baldry as a five-part Afternoon Play on BBC Radio Four. #best seller, world according to garp, cider house rules, fiction