Last Night In Twisted River

I just finished John Irving's book, "Last Night In Twisted River."  I liked it.  I've read several of his other books including "World According To Garp" and "The Cider House Rules" and "A Prayer for Owen Meany" and "Until I Find You."  John Irving has some recurring themes in his books.  Missing body parts is one thing that keeps coming up.  In the Owen Meany book it was a finger.  In Twisted River one important character (I don't want to say which one because you might want to read the story for yourself) ends up missing the entire end of one limb.  Other ideas that keep popping up in his books are New England (makes sense, that is where he is from), missing or absent parents, bears, wrestling, the war in Vietnam, and writers. This story covers the span of about 50 years.  Danny Baciagalupo is 12 in the beginning and about 60 at the end.  Danny is a writer who uses the pen name Danny Angel.  John Irving's real name is John Wallace Blunt.  In the story John Irving describes how Danny works on his novels giving us an idea how John writes his books.  Irving is a gifted story teller.  If you read this book, some characters might stay in your mind for days.