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Description for Larry's Party
paperback. The new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Stone Diaries'. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Small tear/partial missing on front cover, remains very good
Winner of The Women’s Prize for Fiction.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
4th Estate
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857027051
SKU
KSG0038877
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Carol Shields
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 for Larry's Party
‘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 ‘