In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, an anxious twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local constable’s girlfriend for a bear. Both the twelve-year-old and his father become fugitives, forced to run from Coos County—to Boston, to southern Vermont, to Toronto—pursued by the implacable constable. Their lone protector is a fiercely libertarian logger, … logger, once a river driver, who befriends them. In a story spanning five decades, Last Night in Twisted River depicts the recent half-century in the United States as “a living replica of Coos County, where lethal hatreds were generally permitted to run their course.” What further distinguishes Last Night in Twisted River is the author’s unmistakable voice—the inimitable voice of an accomplished storyteller.
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Thought proviking
Fantastic Story and realistic setting!
Lives up to the Irving tradition of great American novels.
Always love Irving books. Off beat characters, yet fully realized, believable.
John Irving as he was originally!
One of my all time favorite books.
Irving as usual tells a great story
A very engaging story with excellent characters.
Classic Irving Tragedy!
The story is lush and detailed. As the author says “there are no coincidences in good writing” so Irving is sure to set up all the details beforehand.
Many reviewers say this is not the Irving book to start with, but I see no reason why not.
Disjointed. Story does not flow. Jumps back and forth between past and present. Too many periferal characters.
I am a fan of John irving. This was a book that had moments of page turner character but mostly I just enjoyed,the characters he crated aND how they interacted. It seems partly autobiographical. Seems like a lot of his books feature bears, as does this one. I grew to love the characters. I recommend the book. It was a long book but I was …