A prayer for Owen Meany: a novel

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Owen Meany, the only child of a New Hampshire granite quarrier, believes he is God's instrument. He is. This is John Irving's most comic novel; yet Owen Meany is Mr. Irving's most heartbreaking character. --Publisher
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Belief and doubt -- Fiction
Birthfathers -- Fiction
Boys -- Fiction
Christian fiction
Electronic books
Friendship -- Fiction
Male friendship -- Fiction
Mothers -- Death -- Fiction
New Hampshire -- Fiction
Predestination -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Religious fiction
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States -- Fiction
Young men -- Fiction
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