Last Night in Twisted River
Dear Readers This is my twelfth novel. Only once before in The World According to Garp which was my fourth novel have I been able to insert the title of the novel into the last sentence. I don't always try to do that; I don't force it. But its usually an idea in the back of my mind, and if it works, I don't hesitate to do it.I always begin with a last sentence; then I work my way backwards, through the plot, to where the story should begin. The last sentence I began with this time is as follows: He felt that the great adventure of his life was just beginning as his father must have felt, in the throes and dire circumstances of his last night in Twisted River. And theres the title, waiting for you at the end of the story Last Night in Twisted River.
Dear Readers This is my twelfth novel. Only once before in The World According to Garp which was my fourth novel have I been able to insert the title of the novel into the last sentence. I don't always try to do that; I don't force it. But its usually an idea in the back of my mind, and if it works, I don't hesitate to do it.I always begin with a last sentence; then I work my way backwards, through the plot, to where the story should begin. The last sentence I began with this time is as follows: He felt that the great adventure of his life was just beginning as his father must have felt, in the throes and dire circumstances of his last night in Twisted River. And theres the title, waiting for you at the end of the story Last Night in Twisted River.
I enjoyed this book tremendously. I read this book on my Kindle. The book had such vivid description and one constant descriptor was the lonely pine on the the "Getaway" island in Canada. I was floored when I walked into the book store and had an actual visual of the tree. Quite stunning. The book has to be one of my favourite John Irving Novel's as each earlier description could be recalled vividly. The "inside Out"method of story telling was quite effective and held the story together well.
The story is a part of a parallel story and a story of the author himself, with his usual forays into Exeter, Wrestling, bizarre deaths and outrageous scenes. Its a story that shuns monogamy but still speaks of the depth of a relationship. The amazing naked lady that falls from the sky is a chapter worth reading and re reading again and somewhat predictably the amazing naked lady makes it back into the first scene or the last, how ever you wish to interpret it.
Irving descriptions of scenery in this book is beyond all his other books. Glimpses from the writers perch are simply stunning. This includes a tree on a blustery island as and a clock in a down town square. Irving touches some things in this book that were not even around for his previous book including, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, 9/11 as well as a failed America.
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