The incredible new novel from John Irving, reminiscent of The Cider House Rules and A Prayer for Owen Meany

Eleven-year-old Owen Meany, playing in a Little League baseball game in New Hampshire, hits a foul ball and kills his best friend's mother. Owen does not believe in accidents and believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after that 1953 foul is both extraordinary and terrifying.

First published in 1978, this is a novel peopled with some of the most extraordinary characters.

Jack Burns' mother, Alice, is a tattoo artist in search of the boy's father, William, a virtuoso organist, who has fled America to Europe. To fund her journey, she plies her trade in the seaports of the North Sea as she tracks her four-year-old son's errant father. But Alice is a mystery, and William can't be found.

Ruth Cole is a complex, often self-contradictory character - a difficult woman. By no means is she conventionally nice , but she will never be forgotten. Her story is told in three parts, each focusing on a critical time in her life.

A guide to the life and work of Wolfgang Mozart, arguably one of the greatest composer of all time - from his beginnings as a child prodigy to his fame and fortune as a young man in Vienna to his decline in health and popularity that led to destitution and a tragically early death at the age of 35.

The Berry family are different. Love abounds - both healthy and incestuous. It is the overwhelming desire of the Berry father to run a hotel, which he does, with dubious success, in both a former girls' school in New Hampshire, and in Vienna. This is a conventional family saga.

The iconic coming-of-age novel that made John Irving a household name

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 married woman in Wisconsin wants to give the reporter her husband's hand, that is, after her husband dies. But the husband is very much alive.

Set in the rural town of Maine, this tale follows the story of Hormer Wells, from his apprenticeship in the orphanage surgery to his adult life running a cider-making factory and the relationship he has with his wife's best friend.

Presents a portrait of the writers and wrestlers who played a mentor role in John Irving's development as a novelist, a wrestler and a wrestling coach. This book also gives a picture of a father's dedication to his children. It also details the interrelationship of the disciplines of writing and wrestling.

Fred 'Bogus' Trumper is a wayward knight-errant in the battle of the sexes and the pursuit of happiness. He also happens to have a complaint more serious than Portnoy's. Yet he stubbornly clings to the notion that he'll make something of his life, and is about to commit himself to a second marriage that bears remarkable resemblance to his first.

Born a Parsi in Bombay and educated in Vienna, Dr Farrokh Daruwalla is a Canadian citizen, an orthopedic surgeon, living in Toronto. Periodically, he returns to India. Once 20 years ago, Dr Darwalla was the examining physician of two murder victims in Goa. Now, he is reacquainted with the murderer.

Explains how the author became a writer. This title also contains six stories, including The Pension Grillparzer .

John Irving's eleventh novel, epic in scope and his most ambitious and moving work to date, 'Until I Find You' is the story of the actor Jack Burns, his mother Alice who is a Toronto tattoo artist, and his father William - an Edinburgh organist who is addicted to being tattooed. When Jack is four, he travels with Alice to several North Sea ports in search of his father, who is missing. But Alice .

Ruth Cole is a complex, often self-contradictory character - a difficult woman. By no means is she conventionally nice , but she will never be forgotten. Ruth's story is told in three parts, each focusing on a critical time in her life in this multi-layered love story.