Author

Publication

2001 - Random House, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

79,000 words, Guess

Page Count

316 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3559.R8 F68 2001b

Description

"The Fourth Hand asks an interesting question: "How can anyone identify a dream of the future?" The answer: "Destiny is not imaginable, except in dreams or to those in love."". "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. In Boston, a renowned hand surgeon awaits the opportunity to perform the nation's first hand transplant; meanwhile, in the distracting aftermath of an acrimonious divorce, the surgeon is seduced by his housekeeper. A married woman in Wisconsin wants to give the one-handed reporter her husband's left hand - that is, after her husband dies. But the husband is alive, relatively young, and healthy."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

HandSurgeryFictionLove storiesFootball fansHand in fictionTransplant surgeons

Genres

  • Fiction

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Other Editions

  • The fourth hand: a novelRandom House2001-01-01

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