About this title: An episodic novel that tells the story of Larry Weller, born in Winnipeg, Canada of English parents. In a series of vignettes, readers are introduced to the people in Larry's life, his career as a landscape designer and maze-maker, his troubled marriages, and the development of his personality. As the confused protagonist struggles to make sense ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Books
Date Published: 09/1997
ISBN-13:9780670873920ISBN:0670873926
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 320 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Books
Date Published: 09/1997
ISBN-13:9780670873920ISBN:0670873926
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 320 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Books
Date Published: 09/1997
ISBN-13:9780670873920ISBN:0670873926
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 320 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Books
Date Published: 09/1997
ISBN-13:9780670873920ISBN:0670873926
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 320 p. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Random House of Canada, Limited
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780679309512ISBN:0679309519
Description: Good. Paperbacks are previously owned. They are all in readable condition. They may have previous owners stamps, labels or names written or on them. The covers and spine may have creasing from previously being read. The corners may be bumped and there may be a small number of bent pages. Older paperbacks may have fading or discoloration due to age/storage * read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780140266771ISBN:0140266771
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. Nice soft cover, lightly read, light shelf wear to cover, stk #2202t9. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 339 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Viking Books
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780670873920ISBN:0670873926
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Corners slightly 'bumped'. Covers show some rubbing', faint creasing, slight edge-wear, NO stains, tears, writing, in tight book. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Books
Date Published: 1997-09-01
ISBN-13:9780670873920ISBN:0670873926
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Stated First Edition. 1st printing. Slightest amount of shelfwear on dustjacket. Otherwise like new. Not price-clipped. Not ex-library. Not remaindered. Pages are clean and unmarked. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780670873920ISBN:0670873926
Description: Very Good in Fine jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Mylar covered non price-clipped DJ. Usual library markings. Very nice, clean copy. By Pulitzer Prize winner. read more
Description: Good. 0140866213 ex-library item with markings and stamps/ box cut to fit in plastic case with original art work / 2 Audio cassette tapes play great / running time 6 hours /good condition. read more
Description: Fine. 0140266771 Excellent condition Soft cover book, clean pages, No creases to spine, this book is Near NEW! Shop & Save With US. read more
Binding: Audiobook Book-Casse...
Publisher: BTC Audiobooks, Prince Frederick, MD
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780864921918ISBN:0864921918
Description: Very Good. 0864921918 unabridged audio book, 9 cassettes, 13 hours, read by Alyssa Bresnahan, produced by Recorded Books, case and cassettes in Very Good condition with just light signs of wear. read more
"fun book. i liked how the story circled back and how the poem at the end tied it together. i also liked the party dialogue. fun to figure out who was saying what!"
"Larry lives a very dreamy detached existence, marrying his childhood sweetheart Dorrie, working in a flower shop, until one day he visits the Hampstead Heath Maze and his view of the world changes forever. Filled with awe for labyrinths of plants, Larry becomes a landscape architect and learns to build them. Sadly, Dorrie does not understand his passion, and only sees it as an obsessive force which is pulling him away from her. Determined to pull him back to her side, she recklessly engages in an act of vandalism that pushes him away, instead. Larry embarks on his new phase of life with the determination of an artist.
This is a wonderful book which manages to stay light and entertaining. It ends with a delightful twist. Highly readable!"
"I liked this book a lot. It helped me to think inside of a man's head... but it was written by a woman, so maybe it is just wishful ladies thinking. It had a very satisfying ending. None of this No-Ending business. The story had a nice complete conclusion.
I also went to Leeds Castle to see the maze there and the turquoise treat in the center. It was wonderful and well worth it. I thought of Larry the whole time I was there."
"I loved The Stone Diaries, but Larry's Party did not do anything for me. I found the writing spectacular, but for me the book overdosed on character description and I didn't like any of the characters or particularly want to find out about them."
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