A Prayer for Owen Meany
by John Irving
read: circa 2002
Guardian 1000 Novels
I don't think any adaption of a written work has angered me as much as Simon Birch, a loose interpretation of A Prayer for Owen Meany and one of the worst films I've ever seen. I'm not sure who it was for; it starred child actors (dispensing with the parallel adult plot of Owen Meany) but dealt with concepts too mature for a kids movie, and anyone who read the book would despise the movie.
My other enduring memory of Owen Meany is the song "Four Strong Winds," a Canadian folk tune that pops up periodically.
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