Who recommends it
- Steve BakerInterview
The Hotel New Hampshire and A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving, who creates unforgettable characters.
- Derek OwusoInterview
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving. It’s one of those books you know is spectacular but also that not a lot of people have read it. It shows you’re mainstream but still literary.
- Shane DikolliInterview
I’ve read many, many children’s books more than once. I revisited them because my young children at the time loved them. The ones I would revisit most often were the ones with rhythmic words, such as Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown or Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox. I particularly love Wilfrid…
- Christopher GoldenInterview
Hmm. Interesting question. I’d give 16-year-old me A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving, which is one of my favourite novels because I think it would have broadened my literary interests at a vital age. I’d give 25 year old me The Collected Ghost Stories of MR James, as a reminder of what creepy is supposed to be.
- George BerkowskiInterview
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving. One of the most moving, memorable, original and powerful books I have read.
- Tim AtkinInterview
- Eileen CookInterview
Often recommended alongside
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