A Prayer for Owen Meany
The first line of John Irving’s ’A prayer for Owen Meany’is a memorable one. We learn that the narrator, John Wheelwright, is a Christian because of his friend with a ’wrecked’voice, and that this boy was tiny, and caused the death of John’s mother. This, of course, is Owen Meany, and as far as introductions go, this sums him up pretty well!
The eccentricity of Owen’s voice, described by John as ’wreckéd’is portrayed well by Irving, who uses the unusual More


