The Fourth Hand
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Document Type
Book
Description
While reporting a story from India, a New York television journalist has his left hand eaten by a lion; millions of TV viewers witness the accident. A well-known Boston hand surgeon wants to perform the first hand transplant on the reporter, but the problem is there is no hand available. A married woman from Wisconsin wants to give the reporter her husband's left hand--that is, after her husband dies.
Publication Date
2001
Publisher
Random House
City
New York
State
NY
Award
2018 Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Creative Writing | Fiction
Repository Citation
Irving , J. (2001). The Fourth Hand. New York, NY: Random House.
