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Larry’s Party Paperback

Larry’s Party

Carol Shields

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.

Reviews of 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
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