Owen Meany, the only child of a New Hampshire granite quarrier, believes he is God's instrument; he is.<br>This is John Irving's most comic novel, yet Owen Meany is Mr. Irving's most heartbreaking character.<br>&quot;Roomy, intelligent, exhilarating and darkly comic...Dickensian in scope....Quite stunning and very ambitious.&quot;<br>LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW<br>&quot;John Irving is an abundantly and even joyfully talented storyteller.&quot;<br>THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOKR EVIEW