The provided text is comprised of excerpts from the novel "Last Night in Twisted River" by John Irving, which follows the lives of a father and son, Dominic Baciagalupo, a cook, and Daniel "Danny" Baciagalupo, a future writer, alongside their volatile friend, the logger Ketchum. The narrative spans several decades, detailing their lives in a New Hampshire logging camp, focusing on logging culture, violence, and tragedy, specifically the accidental death of Danny's mother, Rosie, at Dead Woman Dam, and the murder of their friend Angel. Key plot points include the cook's limp from a childhood injury, Danny's mistaken killing of Injun Jane, and their subsequent life as fugitives in Boston and later Canada, where Dominic—now Tony Angel—opens a restaurant and Danny pursues writing while grappling with his past and complicated relationships with various women.

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