Review of Simon Birch (1998) by Lisa Alspector for Chicago Reader — 12 Aug 1999
This friendly, briefly exciting story (1998), inspired by John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany, achieves a nice balance between caricature and nuanced characterization and even manages not to be cloying.
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This review of Simon Birch (1998) was written by Lisa Alspector and published by Chicago Reader on 12 Aug 1999.
Simon Birch has generally received positive reviews.
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