Critical Praise

"[Shields] has a knack for turning the ordinary into the extraordinary....Arrestingly real. "

——New York Daily News

"Larry's Party showcases the elegant phrasing and evocative imagery that render her work a rare treat. "

——San Francisco Chronicle

"Triumphant. "

——Publishers Weekly

"Using her fierce gift for observation, a natural storytelling talent and a gently comic charm, [Shields] gives us a nicely tactile sense of Larry's ordinary life. "

——The New York Times

"Shields captures an unremarkable man in a remarkable light. "

——Time

" Beguiling...a work of radiance...Larry's Party confirms Shields's preeminent position among contemporary novelists. "

——The Philadelphia Inquirer