Lanny (novel)

2019 book by Max Porter

Lanny

Author| Max Porter
Language| English
Publisher| Faber and Faber

Publication date

| 7 March 2019[1]
Publication place| United Kingdom
ISBN| 9780571340286

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]

Lanny is set to be adapted into a film, produced by The Bureau and BBC Film, starring Rachel Weisz.[12][13][14]

## Awards

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2019  | Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards | Fiction | Shortlisted | [15]
Foyles Book of the Year | Fiction | Shortlisted |
Goodreads Choice Awards | Fiction | Nominated | [16]
Gordon Burn Prize | — | Shortlisted | [17]
Man Booker Prize | — | Longlisted  | [18]
Wainwright Prize | — | Longlisted | [19]
Waterstones Book of the Year | — | Shortlisted | [20]
2020  | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence | Fiction | Longlisted | [21]
BookTube Prize | Fiction | Shortlisted |

## References

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1. ^ Adams, Tim (5 March 2019). "Lanny by Max Porter review – genuine raw emotional edge". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
2. ^ Fernyhough, James (17 May 2019). "Lanny review: Max Porter and the circus of a missing child". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
3. ^ Walton, James (21 October 2023). "Review: Lanny by Max Porter — warning: mystical thinking". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
4. ^ Ditum, Sarah (28 November 2019). "Max Porter's Lanny is a story of our fraught relationship to the countryside". New Statesman. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
5. ^ Hunt, Laird (25 June 2019). "A Rich, Twisted, Gloriously Cacophonous Novel of Village Life". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
6. ^ ""Lanny" Is a Dark, Wonderfully Tactile Reimagining of the Folktale". The New Yorker. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
7. ^ Soar, Daniel (23 May 2019). "Weirdo Possible Genius Child". London Review of Books. Vol. 41, no. 10\. ISSN 0260-9592. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
8. ^ Smith-Laing, Tim (11 March 2019). "Lanny by Max Porter review: a startling, moving follow-up to Grief is the Thing with Feathers". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
9. ^ "Lanny by Max Porter review: The accessible follow-up does not disappoint". The Irish Times. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
10. ^ Harris, Alexandra (8 March 2019). "Lanny by Max Porter review – a joyously stirred cauldron of words". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
11. ^ Battersby, Doug (22 February 2019). "Lanny by Max Porter — a dreamlike fable of contemporary English folklore". Financial Times. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
12. ^ Clarke, Stewart (7 March 2019). "Rachel Weisz Set to Produce, Star in 'Lanny' Adaptation". Variety. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
13. ^ Ritman, Alex (7 March 2019). "Rachel Weisz to Star in, Produce 'Lanny'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
14. ^ Grater, Tom. "Rachel Weisz to star in, produce 'Lanny' for The Bureau, BBC Films (exclusive)". Screen. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
15. ^ "Obama, Porter and Thunberg shortlisted for BAMB reader awards". The Bookseller. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
16. ^ "Announcing the Goodreads Choice Winner in Best Fiction!". Goodreads. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
17. ^ "Porter and Barker shortlisted for 2019 Gordon Burn Prize". The Bookseller. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
18. ^ "Lanny". The Booker Prizes. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
19. ^ "PRH and indies dominate Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize longlist". The Bookseller. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
20. ^ "Waterstones Book of the Year 2019 Shortlist". cup of tea with that book, please. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
21. ^ "2020 Winners | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence". www.ala.org. Retrieved 4 November 2024.

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