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Lanny

By: Max Porter
Narrated by: Annie Aldington, Clare Corbett, David Timson, Jot Davies
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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.

©2019 Faber & Faber (P)2019 Faber & Faber Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction England Heartfelt Thought-Provoking Mind-bending Village
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I enjoyed this audio book enormously. The writing was brilliant and made extraordinary by the performance and production. It clearly had a talented team versed in theatre and radio production. MORE PLEASE!! A totally new and refreshing experience in audible books .

Wonderfully spatial and atmospheric

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The quirkiness of this reminded me somehow of Dylan Thomas’ Under Milkwood. Very different story involving a small boy whose parents move to a village in the country from a town. The boy is unusual in some way but is befriended by an artist. The story is in turn amusing and heartbreaking and full of imaginative descriptions and wonder.

Magical story beautifully read

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Everything about this book is 5 star. A fantastic listen too with wonderful narration. Highly recommend this beautifully written book

5 star

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A fantastically imaginative story and brilliant dramatisation. I really loved it although the subject matter is quite upsetting. Loved ‘Dead Papa Toothwort’!

Weird and wonderful!

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I found the very first part difficult to place as I was trying to get to grips with what a Lanny was but once I got to the section of the book where there was an intruder in the house (maybe an hr or so in) it was non-stop amazing. Warning - there is swearing in the book, however its not out of place and adds to the story.

Enjoyable - a worth while short listen

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