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LARRY'S PARTY
by Carol Shields
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/very good +
- ISBN 10
- 0670873926
- ISBN 13
- 9780670873920
- Seller
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Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Random House of Canada, 1997. First Canadian Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/very good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases to pages. A one-inch tear at top of fold for front dust jacket flap. Signed by author with inscription on title page. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 339 pp.
Synopsis
The San Diego Tribune called The Stone Diaries a "universal study of what makes women tick." With Larry's Party Carol Shields has done the same for men. Larry Weller, born in 1950, is an ordinary guy made extraordinary by his creator's perception, irony, and tenderness. Larry's Party gives us, as it were, a CAT scan of his life, in episodes between 1977 and 1997, that seamlessly flash backward and forward. We follow this young floral designer through two marriages and divorces, and his interactions with his parents, friends, and a son. Throughout, we witness his deepening passion for garden mazes--so like life, with their teasing treachery and promise of reward. 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 for 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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Details
- Bookseller
- Bibliodditiques
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5586
- Title
- LARRY'S PARTY
- Author
- Carol Shields
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Canadian Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670873926
- ISBN 13
- 9780670873920
- Publisher
- Random House of Canada
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
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Thank you for visiting the home page of BIBLIODDITIQUES - specializing in children's literature, non-fiction, and rare and antiquarian books. This year marks my 12th anniversary in the book trade. I am a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2009) and a member of the IOBA (International Online Booksellers Association). I take pride in offering books that are of the same quality that I like to see in my own private collection. Books I sell must meet my own high standards of condition, which generally requires that the binding be tight, dust jackets be intact, and that there be no major defects. I do not offer books that are ex-library copies, unless they are hard to find in any condition. Customer satisfaction is very important to me. I am happy to answer any questions you may have and to send you photos of my listings upon request. Your patronage is greatly appreciated.
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