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Larry's Party (Paperback, Reissue): Carol Shields

Larry's Party (Paperback, Reissue)

Carol Shields

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Good hearted well-meaningness emanates from Larry Weller more by luck than judgement but his life of late has increasingly come to resemble the mazes that he designs for a living. An enthusiasm begun when honeymooning with his first wife after a visit to Hampton Court, has acted thereafter as a metaphor for his own life - both imposing order and boxing him in. Larry's Party won The Orange Prize in 1998 (Kirkus UK)

"Altogether a cause for celebration."
ANITA BROOKNER, 'Spectator'

Larry and his naive young wife, Dorrie, spend their honeymoon in England. At Hampton Court Larry discovers a new passion. Perhaps his ever-growing obsession with mazes may help him find a way through the bewilderment deepening about him as – through twenty years and two failed marriages – he endeavours to understand his own needs. And those of friends, parents, lovers, a growing son.

In LARRY’S PARTY Carol Shields presents an ironic odyssey through the life of modern man, from the late seventies through to 1997. The mundane is made magnificent by a perception which finds the drama in life’s detail – poignant, peculiar, or simply absurd.

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Imprint: 4th Estate
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: May 1998
Authors: Carol Shields
Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - B-format
Pages: 339
Edition: Reissue
ISBN-13: 978-1-85702-705-1
Categories: Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN: 1-85702-705-1
Barcode: 9781857027051

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