Setting Free the Bears
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It is 1967 and two Viennese university students want to liberate the Vienna Zoo, as was done after World War II. But their good intentions have both comic and gruesome consequences, in this first novel written by a twenty-five year old John Irving, already a master storyteller.
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I don't know if this or Garp is my favorite Irving novel. This is a little book, but I love it. The easy sense of adventure, and the wonderful characters make this a must-read. I think I've read it four times...
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