false 9355 22 This is the story of the actor Jack Burns, the bastard son of Alice, a tattoo-artist. Alice and Jack travel through the Baltic’s port cities in search of William Burns, Jack’s absconding father and ‘ink addict’. But William, a church organist and profligate womaniser, is always one step ahead – always departing in a wave of scandal, with a new tattoo somewhere on his body from a local ‘scratcher’. William can't be found and Jack must grow up without a father. His childhood and education shaped by sexual experiences with older women. Later, as a young man with a beautiful face, Jack moves to Hollywood where international fame and stardom await. But with the shadow of his absent father always looming, Jack sets off again in search of the truth. An absorbing and moving book about obsession and loss, truth and storytelling, the signs we carry on us and inside us, and the traces we can’t get rid of, <i>Until I Find You</I> is John Irving's giant tapestry of life’s hopes. It is a masterpiece to compare with Irving’s great novels, and restates his position as the most glorious, comic, moving novelist at work today. 'What in time may be considered to be Irving's magnum opus' (<i>Glasgow Herald</I>) 'Immensely moving and shot through with wit, humour and sadness, this book is addictive' (<i>Red</I>) 2269323 2005 Until I Find You: A Novel total:4636|5:804|4:1550|3:1403|2:643|1:235| 4636 15954 6130 626 1 6 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 03 08:44:21 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 13 12:24:56 -0800 2007 more...]]> 1 5 false true Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 12 08:29:40 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 27 19:13:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Aug 11 23:32:45 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 23:43:13 -0700 2008
"Until I Find You" is a tough book to get into. The first few chapters are painstaking and seem laborious but you cannot put...more...]]> 2 2 false false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 05:49:29 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 11:45:00 -0800 2009 5 1 false false Wed Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 23:43:39 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 19:00:09 -0700 2008
First of all, this book has totally sold me on John Irving. I read "A Prayer for Owen Meany", and had the hardest time getting into it. I really liked about the last hundred pages, but get...more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 09 10:01:01 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 09 12:09:10 -0800 2007 more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat May 26 18:00:16 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 03 16:42:10 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun May 20 09:30:04 -0700 2007 Tue May 22 09:41:30 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false true Thu Jan 17 12:41:20 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 13:07:25 -0800 2008
Alas, I am far more sensitive than you, my loved ones, may realize. The graphic detail of the years of intense sexual abuse to which our boy protagonist was victim, starting at the age of 4, was just too much for me. It was hor...more...]]> 1 1 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 11:50:22 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 13:29:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Wed Sep 24 15:36:24 -0700 2008 Sun May 17 20:16:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 15:31:32 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 15:38:19 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 05:51:23 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 06:00:07 -0800 2009
I really liked the first section, describing Jack's childhood memories of his search, with his mother, for the father that abandoned them. But I got...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:33:48 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:33:48 -0800 2009 Until I Find You showcases Irving's trademark bizarre plots, entertaining prose, and m_àlange of sexual oddities, neurotics, and lost souls. Yet this doorstopper lacks the author's usual magic. Disguised as fiction, it attempts to resolve Irving's own issues, including sexual abuse and a recent sear...

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I can't hear the name without the exclamation point in my head. He leads an interesting life. John Irving weaves his childhood, teen years, and adult life into a strange and fascinating tale. Much of what John Irving writes about revolves around sex, especially for Jack Bur...more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 07:19:04 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 08:32:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Sep 20 19:58:47 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 19:58:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 true false Sat May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 06 19:12:33 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 10:31:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 22:55:26 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 15:26:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 4 false false Wed Oct 10 11:12:18 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 19 07:28:11 -0700 2007
no matter what the critics say, for me, irving can do no wrong. reading his books actually take me out of my life. i'm running out of one...more...]]>