Womens Prize For Fiction Winner
Larry's Party
by Carol Shields
Summary
Over twenty years an ordinary Winnipeg man drifts through marriages, fatherhood and a quiet obsession with garden mazes that becomes the shape of his life. Shields turns the inner world of an unremarkable man into something tender and revealing, mapping masculinity with wit and unexpected grace. Each chapter circles a different facet of Larry, building a full human portrait from the smallest domestic details.
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Historical Context & Significance
Carol Shields won shortly after her Pulitzer triumph with The Stone Diaries, cementing her transatlantic reputation.