A review by jfaberrit
Avenue of Mysteries by John Irving

4.0

This is, as expected, a John Irving book. It's a long, shaggy dog story with some memorably bizarre characters, a lot of funny set pieces, some occasinal insight into the human condition, and a lot of weirdness. It's certainly not his best (Cider House Rules, Garp), or even the best of his slightly more recent stuff (Widow for a year, Twisted river), but it's fun, and his knack for weird imagery remains intact. The characters' tics are more amusing than annoying, and the main ones are all well drawn (in some ways Juan Diego, the central character, is basically there to reflect them as he is something of a cipher throughout). Like I said, it's a John Irving book.