Author: Carol Shields. Published by Vintage Canada, Toronto, ON., 1997, 1st Edition. Printed in Canada. A Like New Condition SOFTCOVER Book.
LARRY'S PARTY, examines the life of Larry Weller, an "ordinary man made extraordinary" by his unique talent for creating labyrinths. Shields' profound insights into human nature transform Larry from an ordinary, average man into a figure of universal humanity. This book won the Orange Prize, Shortlisted for the 1997 Giller Prize, and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year!
Larry Weller, born in 1950, is an ordinary guy made extraordinary by his creator's perception, irony and tenderness. Carol Shields gives us, as it were, a CAT scan of his life, in episodes between 1977 and 1997 that flash back and forward seamlessly. As Larry journeys toward the millennium, adapting to society's changing expectations of men, Shields' elegant prose makes the trivial into the momentous. Among all the paradoxes and accidents of his existence, Larry moves through the spontaneity of the seventies, the blind enchantment of the eighties and the lean, mean nineties, completing at last his quiet, stubborn search of self. Larry's odyssey mirrors the male condition at the end of our century with targeted wit, unerring poignancy and faultless wisdom.
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GC&C Stock #1889
ISBN: 0679309519
