Lanny

An ordinary village an hour from London—pub, church, cottages, and familiar voices of love, work, and gossip—hides something extraordinary. Dead Papa Toothwort, a mythical figure drawn by local children, awakens from a long sleep, listening to the village and searching for a mischievous, ethereal boy named Lanny, whose family has just arrived.

In "Lanny", Max Porter expands the magical, poignant world he began in "Grief Is the Thing with Feathers", blending fabulism and domestic life into a novel full of anarchic energy. A celebration of creativity, spirit, and imagination under threat, it cements Porter as one of the most daring and sensitive writers of his generation.

Longlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize.