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“According to his mother, Jack Burns was an actor before he was an actor, but Jack’s most vivid memories of...

The Fourth Hand asks an interesting question: "How can anyone identify a dream of the future?" The answer: "Destiny is...

The Imaginary Girlfriend is a candid memoir of the writers and wrestlers who played a role in John Irving's development...

John Irving’s memoir begins with his account of the distinguished career and medical writings of the novelist’s grandfather Dr. Frederick...

Ruth Cole is a complex, often self-contradictory character — a "difficult" woman. By no means is she conventionally "nice," but...

Born a Parsi in Bombay, sent to university and medical school in Vienna, Dr. Farrokh Daruwalla is a 59-year-old orthopedic...

Raised from birth in the orphanage at St. Cloud's, Maine, Homer Wells has become the protege of Dr. Wilbur Larch,...

Hoteliers, pet-bear owners, friends of Freud (the animal trainer and vaudevillian, that is), and playthings of mad fate, the Berry...

The darker vision and sexual ambiguities of this erotic, ironic tale about a ménage a quatre in a New England...