Larry's house party

Author: Carol Shields
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Publish Date: 1999-01-01
Features: Floral decorator Larry Wells and his innocent new wife Dolly go to England for their honeymoon. While visiting the lush hedge maze at Hampton Court in the suburbs of London, Larry seems to suddenly discover his life's passion. From then on, he becomes obsessed with maze design and becomes indifferent to his wife. After two failed marriages over the course of twenty years, he desperately wants to understand the true meaning of life; what he truly needs; what his parents, friends, lovers, and his growing son truly need. His increasing obsession with mazes might help him break through the ever-intensifying confusion that constantly torments him. In this novel, the author shows readers the dramatic and hilarious journey of ordinary modern people in their search for the meaning of life from the late 1970s to 1997. This book was published in London in 1997 and won the Orange Prize for Fiction the following year.