Larry's Party
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| Author | Carol Shields |
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| Cover artist | Jonathan Howells |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf, Canada |
| Publication date | 2 September 1997 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 339 pp (hardback first edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-679-30877-6 (hardback first edition) |
| Preceded by | Various Miracles |
| Followed by | Unless |
Larry's Party is a 1997 novel by Carol Shields.
The novel examined the life of Larry Weller, an "ordinary man made extraordinary" by his unique talent for creating labyrinths. Like its predecessor, The Stone Diaries, Shields' profound insights into human nature transform Larry from an ordinary, average man into a figure of universal humanity.
The novel won the 1997 Orange Prize for Fiction and the 1998 National Book Critics Circle Award. In 2001, it was adapted into a musical by Richard Ouzonian and Marek Norman, which starred Brent Carver as Larry. It had its premiere at CanStage in Toronto, Ontario.
[edit] External links
- Larry's Party at Random House of Canada: ISBN 0-679-30951-9
- Larry's Party at CanStage
| Preceded by Anne Michaels - Fugitive Pieces |
Orange Prize for Fiction 1998 |
Succeeded by Suzanne Berne - A Crime in the Neighborhood |
