Author | Max Porter (writer) |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Publisher | Faber and Faber |
Publication date | 7 March 2019 [1] |
ISBN | 9780571340286 |
Preceded by | Grief is the Thing with Feathers |
Lanny is the second novel by Max Porter, published in March 2019. [2] [3] [4] [5] It is a missing-boy story, set in an English village within commuting distance of London. [6] [7] The book was described by Tim Smith-Laing in The Telegraph as being "between novella, long poem, and grief memoir", [8] and by John Boyne in The Irish Times as "experimental fiction". [9] It is named after the missing boy. [10] [11]
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