Larry weller, born in 1950, is an ordinary guy made extraordinary by His Creator's perception, irony and tenderness. Carol Shields gives us, as it were, a cat scan of his life, in episodes between 1977 and 1997 that flas...Larry weller, born in 1950, is an ordinary guy made extraordinary by His Creator's perception, irony and tenderness. Carol Shields gives us, as it were, a cat scan of his life, in episodes between 1977 and 1997 that flash back and forward seamlessly.