{"product_id":"cider-house-rules-the-novel-9780552992046","title":"Cider House Rules  The Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e''The reason Homer Wells kept his name was that he came back to St Cloud''s so many times, after so many failed foster homes, that the orphanage was forced to acknowledge Homer''s intention to make St Cloud''s his home.''\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHomer Wells'' odyssey begins among the apple orchards of rural Maine. As the oldest unadopted child at St Cloud''s orphanage, he strikes up a profound and unusual friendship with Wilbur Larch, the orphanage''s founder - a man of rare compassion and an addiction to ether. What he learns from Wilbur takes him from his early apprenticeship in the orphanage surgery, to an adult life running a cider-making factory and a strange relationship with the wife of his closest friend...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Cider House Rules is difficult to define and impossible not to admire * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eJohn Irving has been compared with Kurt Vonnegut and J. D. Salinger but is arguably more inventive than either. Wry, laconic, he sketches his characters with an economy that springs from a feeling for words and mastery over his craft. This superbly original book is one to be read and remembered * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eFunnier than Garp...it's an irresistibly readable yarn spun by a master's voice * Time Out *\u003cbr\u003eLike the rest of Irving's fiction, it is often disconcerting, but always exciting and provoking * Observer *","brand":"Transworld Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48735303860567,"sku":"9780552992046","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780552992046.jpg?v=1723810120","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cider-house-rules-the-novel-9780552992046","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}