6/27/2023 0 Comments Max porter writer![]() Lanny's father, a laced-up financial trader without a whimsical bone in his body, is, like many of the villagers, more baffled than charmed by his unusual son. Lanny is a free range child who wanders off to his secret bower in the surrounding woods and then "dances into the room, singing, smelling of the outdoors." This is a kid who asks fey questions like "Which do you think is more patient, an idea or a hope?" The title character in Porter's second novel, Lanny, is a whimsical wood sprite of a boy whose parents have trouble keeping track of him in the small village to which they've recently moved. The boys flank him protectively, but also bicker and do things their mother hated - like splattering the bathroom mirror with toothpaste and the toilet seat with urine - as a way of underscoring her painful absence. In his dazzlingly inventive, darkly humorous first novel, Grief Is the Thing With Feathers (2016), a suddenly widowed, grief-stricken father struggles to care for his two small sons. Max Porter is a writer who gets children, and he also gets the pressures of parenting. ![]() Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Lanny Author Max Porter ![]()
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