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If you haven't had the experience of reading a John Irving novel, I highly recommend it. Start with "A Prayer for Owen Meany" and if you like that one there are many others to choose from. "The Fourth Hand" is about a journalist who loses his hand to a tiger while doing a report about the circus in India. The book primarily is about his life and the changes he goes through while toying with the idea of a hand transplant. My favorite aspect of Irving's writing is his ability to make a character come to life, mostly through events that you would not like to experience for your self, but believable nonetheless.