Larry's Party
Published on 12. May 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-1-85702-705-1 (ISBN)
Description
Winner of The Women's Prize for Fiction.
In the ordered riotousness of Hampton Court's maze, Larry Weller discovers the passion of his life. Larry's Party presents an ironic odyssey through the life of a modern man.
In the ordered riotousness of Hampton Court's maze, Larry Weller discovers the passion of his life. Larry's Party presents an ironic odyssey through the life of a modern man.
Reviews / Votes
'A brilliant fictional reflection on what it may be like to be a man in the late twentieth century' Penelope Lively, Independent'Exhilarating' Sunday Times
'Like all of Shields' work, filled with warmth and understanding' The Times
'Shields demonstrates once again her extreme mastery of emotional geometry' Sunday Telegraph
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 199 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
232 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85702-705-1 (9781857027051)
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Carol Shields's novels include Unless; Larry's Party, winner of The Women's Prize; The Stone Diaries, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and shortlisted for the Booker Prize; The Republic of Love; Happenstance; and Mary Swann. Dressing Up for the Carnivaland Various Miracles, collections of short stories, were later published as The Collected Stories. Brought up in Chicago, Shields lived in Canada from 1957 until her death in 2003.