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Maybe the very idea of distractions distracted him. The writer’s thoughts leapt ahead-too far ahead-to Ketchum. There was something decidedly parenthetical about the new sentence. “(Only Ketchum can kill Ketchum.)” Definitely a keeper, Da
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Just then, without even trying to think of it-in fact, at that moment, Daniel Baciagalupo had reached out to rub Hero behind the dog’s good ear-the first sentence came to him. The writer felt it rising into view, as if from underwater; the sentence came into sight the way that apple-juice jar with his dad’s ashes had bobbed to the surface, just before Ketchum shot it.
“The young Canadian, who could not have been more than fifteen, had hesitated too long.”
Oh, God-here I go again-I’m starting! the writer thought.
He’d lost so much that was dear to him, but Da
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
SPECIAL THANKS TO THESE CHEFS AND RESTAURATEURS FOR their time and expertise: Bo
My appreciation to these friends and relations, and various expert readers of earlier drafts of the manuscript; they also assisted me with my research: in New Hampshire, Bill Altenburg, Bayard Ke
In addition, to my wife, Janet, and my son Everett, to whom I read aloud the first draft of the manuscript; to two full-time assistants, Alyssa Barrett and Emily Copeland, who transcribed and proofread all the drafts; and to my editor and copy editor, Amy Edelman-un abbràccio.
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Gove, Bill. Logging Railroads Along the Pemigewasset River. Littleton, N.H.: Bondcliff Books, 2006.
Pinette, Richard E. Northwoods Heritage: Authentic Short Accounts of the Northland in Another Era. Colebrook, N.H.: Liebl Printing Company, 1992.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
JOHN IRVING published his first novel, Setting Free the Bears, in 1968. He has been nominated for a National Book Award three times-wi
In 1992, Mr. Irving was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules-a film with seven Academy Award nominations. In 2001, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Last Night in Twisted River is John Irving’s twelfth novel. www.John-Irving.com