Owen Meany

Today I learned that the best novel ever written is A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving.

Okay, well, maybe the mantle of "best novel ever written" is given a little loosey-goosey here, but I'll tell you the following things:

1. Dave and Sarah are never getting this copy back. Ever. Because:
2. I'm going to read this again and again.
3. It made me weep like a baby.
4. I will never ever write anything even approaching something this good, though it's nice to have a benchmark to aim for.
5. I really like the name Owen.

It's a seriously good book. If I was an English teacher, I'd try to put this on the curriculum. It's a perfect literary book for non-literary people. Penetrable, you know?

I don't think I'm giong to read anything else by Irving. I know it won't be as good.