Queen Esther by John Irving review – a disappointing companion to The Cider House Rules

3 novembre 2025 | John Self
The once-great author revisits St Cloud’s orphanage all too briefly, in a novel that begins with an adopted girl but wanders all over the place If some writers have an imperial phase, where they hit the heights time after time, then American novelist John Irving’s ran through a series of four (…)
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