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Lanny

Author of the Number One Sunday Times Bestseller SHY
By Max Porter
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Lanny by Max Porter is a novel set in a small English village where the ordinary mingles with the extraordinary. It revolves around a young boy named Lanny whose creativity and innocence captivate both the villagers and the mysterious, folklore-like figure of Dead Papa Toothwort. As the narrative unfolds, the community and its surroundings become a character of their own, blending the lyrical and the magical.
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You might enjoy this book if you're drawn to a blend of poetic prose and imaginative storytelling. It's a modern fable that explores the enchantment of childhood, the mysteries of life in a small village, and the intersection of myth and the everyday. The story combines a unique narrative style with rich, evocative language, appealing to those who appreciate a literary and contemplative read.

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A devastating story told with the anarchy, the humour and the enchantment Max Porter's readers will recognise from Grief Is the Thing with Feathers.

A devastating story told with the anarchy, the humour and the enchantment Max Porter's readers will recognise from Grief Is the Thing with Feathers.

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Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2019

Not far from London, there is a village.

This village belongs to the people who live in it and to those who lived in it hundreds of years ago. It belongs to England's mysterious past and its confounding present.

It belongs to Mad Pete, the grizzled artist. To ancient Peggy, gossiping at her gate. To families dead for generations, and to those who have only recently moved here.

But it also belongs to Dead Papa Toothwort who has woken from his slumber in the woods. Dead Papa Toothwort, who is listening to them all.

Chimerical, audacious, strange and wonderful—a song to difference and imagination, to friendship, youth and love, Lanny is the globally anticipated new novel from Max Porter.

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Lanny by Max Porter has been praised for its lyrical prose and inventive narrative style. Set in a small English village, its story explores myth, folklore, and modern anxieties through a tapestry of voices. Critics have highlighted its ability to blend the mundane with the mythical, crafting a compelling tale that is both haunting and beautiful.

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ISBN: 9780571340293

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 April 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 192g

Pages: 224

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About the Author

Max Porter's first novel, Grief Is the Thing with Feathers, won the Sunday Times/Peters, Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year, the International Dylan Thomas Prize, the Europese Literatuurprijs and the BAMB Readers' Award, and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Goldsmiths Prize. It has been translated into twenty-seven languages. Max lives in Bath with his family.

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