Until I Find You

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name = Until I Find You
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image_caption = First edition cover
author = John Irving
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Fiction
publisher = Random House
release_date = July 12, 2005
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media_type = Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
pages = 848 pp
isbn = ISBN 1400063833
preceded_by = The Fourth Hand
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"Until I Find You" is a 2005 novel by John Irving.

It uses many of the themes and plot devices that have already seen treatment in other works by the author. Fact|date=August 2008

Premise

The story sprawls across Canada, a large part of Europe and the United States.

The first half of the narration follows a young Canadian actor named Jack Burns through his youth as he travels with his mother in search of his father through the subculture of tattoo artists. Like the title character in "The World According to Garp" and Irving himself, Jack finds a talent for wrestling and an extended family that aids and hinders him through his trials as a young man coming of age, including his sexual awakening and abuse as an adolescent.

The second half of the narrative sees Jack on the road to discovering the truth behind the misconceptions that his younger self had thought he understood.

Cultural References

In the book, Jack earns the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1999. In reality, this award went to John Irving himself in 1999 for his adaptation of his own book, "The Cider House Rules". Additionally, Jack loses the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor to Michael Caine, who also won for "The Cider House Rules" that year. [http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0801237.html]

St. Hilda's, the school that Jack attends as a young child is actually The Bishop Strachan School(BSS), at which the adult Johnny Wheelwright teaches in A Prayer for Owen Meany.

The tattoo on the cover of the book was designed by Henk Schiffmacher a.k.a. Hanky Panky, a Dutch tattoo artist who also is mentioned in the story.

ee also

* List of books portraying paedophilia or sexual abuse of minors

External links

*cite web| url=http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400063833| title=Book description| publisher=randomhouse.com
*cite web| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/17/books/review/17GRAY.html?ex=1279339200&en=4660327443a01c39&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss| title='Until I Find You': Adored by Women| publisher=The New York Times