Book review: Avenue of Mysteries

American writer John Irving may have spent a career juxtaposing novels with original screenplays, but now he has turned a film script into a novel, says Sue Leonard.

Sat, 19 Mar, 2016 - 00:00

Sue Leonard

John Irving

Doubleday, €19.26;

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