A frustrated Dorrie calls in a bulldozer to tear down the entire front section of the maze.

He and Dorrie have bought a house and have a son, Ryan.īy 1983, Larry is spending all of his spare time working on a maze around his house, and it now takes up both the front and back yards. On his thirtieth birthday in 1980, Larry invites his family over for a picnic. In 1978, Larry marries Dorrie, and they honeymoon in the UK, where he discovers a love for garden mazes when he becomes lost in one. This prompts thoughts about his girlfriend Dorrie Shaw and his parents Stu and Dot. He accidentally takes a stranger's identical Harris tweed jacket from a coffee shop. In 1976, Larry Weller is twenty-six years old and employed as a florist in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It had its premiere at CanStage in Toronto, Ontario. In 2001, it was adapted into a musical by Richard Ouzounian and Marek Norman, which starred Brent Carver as Larry. The novel won the 1998 Orange Prize for Fiction. Shields' profound insights into human nature transform Larry from an ordinary, average man into a figure of universal humanity.

The novel examines the life of Larry Weller, an 'ordinary man made extraordinary' by his unique talent for creating labyrinths. There is an underlying theme of people retracing their steps, both literally and figuratively, and going down different routes to try to achieve fulfilment. Larry's Party is a 1997 novel by Carol Shields.

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