# The Fourth Hand

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- Book: [The Fourth Hand](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-irving/the-fourth-hand) ([The Fourth Hand.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-irving/the-fourth-hand.md))
- Authors: [John Irving](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-irving)
- Publisher: Ballantine Books
- ISBN: 978-03-4544-934-4
- Pages: 352
- Published: 2002-05-14
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK While reporting a story from India, New York journalist Patrick Wallingford inadvertently becomes his own headline when his left hand is eaten...