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Description
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,... read more
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“Constipated Christ!”
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First Sentence
The young Canadian, who could not have been more than fifteen, had hesitated too long.
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Authors & Contributors
- John Irving (Author)
Awards
- Amazon.com's Best Books (November 2009: Editors' Picks, #50)
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