John Irving's eleventh novel is about an actor in Hollywood, and the travels he took with his tattooist mother to try and find his father. Set in Canada and New England as well as Hollywood and the ports of Europe. An epic novel and Irving's most ambitious to date. 'As ever Irving is peerless at presenting action, writing without a wasted second' }Guardian{ *Also appeared in July Buyer's Notes 'According to his mother, Jack Burns was an actor before he was an actor, but Jack's most vivid memories of childhood were those moments when he felt compelled to hold his mother's hand.
