Description
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.
Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction
About the Author
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.
Reviews
'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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Awards
Winner of Orange Prize for Fiction 1998.
Book Information
ISBN 9781857027051
Author Carol Shields
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint 4th Estate
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Weight(grams) 250g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 21mm