Fusing the modern with the mythic and the prosaic with the polyphonic, Porter’s spare, spectral novel mines folklore, fable and the deep-dug tendrils of village life for something both age-old and vibrantly alive. Shortlisted for the 2019 Waterstones Book of the Year, Lanny is state-of-the-nation rendered as pagan legend and a poignant paean to childhood, friendship and landscape.
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Waterstones Fiction Book of the Month for April 2020
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year 2019
Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2019
‘Totally and utterly bewitching’ – Emine at Bromley
‘Masterly… and completely entrancing’ – Kate at Epsom
‘Porter has crafted a gorgeously lyrical work‘ – Laura at Wakefield
Fearless, chimerical and exquisitely formed, the latest book from Max Porter matches the audacity of his debut novel, Grief is the Thing with Feathers. Rapturously received by our booksellers, Lanny is a tour de force of style, substance and near-mythic power that interrogates the very form of the book itself.
A child, a family, a village; a community built on ancient soil, shelter to generations of lives and the tales they tell. For all time, Dead Papa Toothwort has forever walked amongst them all. Now, he is drawn again from his slumber, drawn to something new and precious. The boy. Lanny.
Fusing the modern with the mythic and the prosaic with the polyphonic, Porter’s spare, spectral novel mines folklore, fable and the deep-dug tendrils of village life for something both age-old and vibrantly alive.
Drawing admiring comparisons to the work of Alan Garner and Barney Norris, Porter’s sublime lyrical intensity hymns the rural whilst remaining alive to its myriad weaknesses and contradictions. This is state-of-the-nation rendered as pagan legend and a poignant paean to childhood, friendship and landscape. One of the very finest novels of the year, Lanny is a staggering literary achievement that promises to become a modern classic.
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571363469
Number of pages: 224
Weight: 183 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 13 mm
Edition: Main
From the first page and first line you know how special and unique this book is. It is part a folkloric, lyrical tale, part social commentary on small town English life and is a story that challenges readers’... More
I loved, loved, loved this book. Max Porter is a genius and my favourite writer. I just love his books and Lanny is no exception. It's witty, profound, emotional, hilarious and just brilliant. When I read his... More
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