Setting Free the Bears (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
by John Irving
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Author: John IrvingEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1997-06-23
ISBN: 0345417984
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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Book Review: Thoroughly satisfying
Summary: 5 Stars
This work, my introduction to the brilliant John Irving, was exquisite. I was drawn into the protagonist's world, and then into another world, via a diary, that the protagonist was pulled into. These worlds had such texture, rich characters, and fascinating plot developments, that I feared reaching the end of the novel. To my utmost satisfaction however, the work culminated in a thrilling and deeply gratifying series of events, and i left this novel at peace with myself and the world.
Summary of Setting Free the Bears (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
It is 1967 and two Viennese university students want to liberate the Vienna Zoo, as was done after World War II. But their good intentions have both comic and gruesome consequences, in this first novel written by a twenty-five year old John Irving, already a master storyteller.From the Paperback edition.
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