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The Fourth Hand is a 2001 novel written by the American novelist John Irving. A television correspondent named Patrick Wallingford loses one of his hands while filming near a lion's den at a circus in India. Captured on film and viewed by millions, Patrick becomes an instant celebrity known as "the lion guy." One of the people who witnessed the segment is a woman named Doris Clausen, a Green Bay, Wisconsin housewife, who manages to persuade her husband, Otto, to donate his left hand to Patrick... full article at wikipedia
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  • 2001
  • 0375506276
  • 2001
  • 0375431217
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