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John Irving Don’t read John Irving’s latest novel, “Queen Esther,” based on hearing it’s a sequel to “Cider House Rules.” “Queen Esther” revisits Dr. Wilbur Larch and the orphanage […] ...

Novelist John Irving says he knew he was on track when he figured out how “Queen Esther” would end. Now he faced a new challenge: How the story began. “Like all my novels, that’s the thing I see most ...

“Queen Esther” is John Irving’s return after forty years to the orphanage of “The Cider House Rules,” his bestselling novel from 1985. To read a John Irving novel is to call to mind the classic works ...