Best Selling Books by Patrick DeWitt

Patrick DeWitt is the author of The Sisters Brothers (2011), The Librarianist (2023), Ablutions (2012), Undermajordomo Minor (2015), French Exit (2018).

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The Sisters Brothers

release date: May 14, 2011
The Sisters Brothers
Winner of the Governor General''s Award for Fiction, the Rogers Writers'' Trust Fiction Prize, the Prix des libraires du Quebec and the Stephen Leacock Medal. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and the Walter Scott Prize. Hermann Kermit Warm is going to die: Eli and Charlie Sisters can be counted on for that. Though Eli has never shared his brother’s penchant for whiskey and killing, he’s never known anything else. On the road to Warm’s gold-mining claim outside San Francisco — and from the back of his long-suffering one-eyed horse — Eli struggles to make sense of his life without abandoning the job he''s sworn to do. Patrick deWitt, acclaimed author of Ablutions, doffs his hat to the classic Western, and then transforms it into a comic tour-de-force with an unforgettable narrative voice that captures all the absurdity, melancholy, and grit of the West — and of these two brothers, bound to each other by blood and scars and love.

The Librarianist

release date: Jul 04, 2023
The Librarianist
THE INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER Winner, 2024 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour From bestselling and award-winning author Patrick deWitt comes the story of Bob Comet, a man who has lived his life through and for literature, unaware that his own experience is a poignant and affecting narrative in itself. Bob Comet is a retired librarian passing his solitary days surrounded by books and small comforts in a mint-colored house in Portland, Oregon. One morning on his daily walk he encounters a confused elderly woman lost in a market and returns her to the senior center that is her home. Hoping to fill the void he’s known since retiring, he begins volunteering at the center. Here, as a community of strange peers gathers around Bob, and following a happenstance brush with a painful complication from his past, the events of his life and the details of his character are revealed. Behind Bob Comet’s straight-man façade is the story of an unhappy child’s runaway adventure during the last days of the Second World War, of true love won and stolen away, of the purpose and pride found in the librarian’s vocation, and of the pleasures of a life lived to the side of the masses. Bob’s experiences are imbued with melancholy but also a bright, sustained comedy; he has a talent for locating bizarre and outsized players to welcome onto the stage of his life. With his inimitable verve, skewed humor, and compassion for the outcast, Patrick deWitt has written a wide-ranging and ambitious document of the introvert’s condition. The Librarianist celebrates the extraordinary in the so-called ordinary life, and depicts beautifully the turbulence that sometimes exists beneath a surface of serenity.

Ablutions

release date: Apr 21, 2012
Ablutions
From the author of the award-winning The Sisters Brothers comes a dark, boozy, and hilarious tale from the LA underworld. A nameless barman tends a decaying bar in Hollywood and takes notes for a book about his clientele. Initially, he is morbidly amused by watching the regulars roll in and fall into their nightly oblivion, pitying them and their loneliness. In hopes of uncovering their secrets and motives, he establishes tentative friendships with them. He also knocks back pills indiscriminately and treats himself to gallons of Jameson''s. But as his tenure at the bar continues, he begins to lose himself, trapped by addiction and indecision. When his wife leaves him, he embarks on a series of squalidly random sexual encounters and a downward spiral of self-damage and irrational violence. To cleanse himself and save his soul, he attempts to escape ...

Undermajordomo Minor

release date: Sep 15, 2015
Undermajordomo Minor
From the bestselling, Man Booker–short-listed author of The Sisters Brothers comes a brilliant and boisterous novel that reimagines the folk tale A love story, an adventure story, a fable without a moral, and an ink-black comedy of manners, Undermajordomo Minor is Patrick deWitt''s long-awaited follow-up to the internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed novel The Sisters Brothers. Lucien (Lucy) Minor is the resident odd duck in the bucolic hamlet of Bury. Friendless and loveless, young and aimless, Lucy is a compulsive liar, a sickly weakling in a town famous for producing brutish giants. Then Lucy accepts employment assisting the Majordomo of the remote, foreboding Castle Von Aux. While tending to his new post as Undermajordomo, Lucy soon discovers the place harbors many dark secrets, not least of which being the whereabouts of the castle''s master, Baron Von Aux. He also encounters the colorful people of the local village—thieves, madmen, aristocrats, and Klara, a delicate beauty for whose love he must compete with the exceptionally handsome soldier Adolphus. Thus begins a tale of polite theft, bitter heartbreak, domestic mystery, and cold-blooded murder in which every aspect of humanity is laid bare for our hero to observe. Undermajordomo Minor is an adventure, a mystery, and a searing portrayal of rural Alpine bad behavior, but above all it is a love story—and Lucy must be careful, for love is a violent thing.

French Exit

release date: Aug 28, 2018
French Exit
Now a Major Motion Picture Starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges, directed by Azazael Jacobs A Recommended Read from: Vanity Fair * Entertainment Weekly * Vulture * The Millions * Publishers Weekly * Esquire From bestselling author Patrick deWitt, a brilliant and darkly comic novel about a wealthy widow and her adult son who flee New York for Paris in the wake of scandal and financial disintegration. Frances Price – tart widow, possessive mother, and Upper East Side force of nature – is in dire straits, beset by scandal and impending bankruptcy. Her adult son Malcolm is no help, mired in a permanent state of arrested development. And then there’s the Price’s aging cat, Small Frank, who Frances believes houses the spirit of her late husband, an infamously immoral litigator and world-class cad whose gruesome tabloid death rendered Frances and Malcolm social outcasts. Putting penury and pariahdom behind them, the family decides to cut their losses and head for the exit. One ocean voyage later, the curious trio land in their beloved Paris, the City of Light serving as a backdrop not for love or romance, but self destruction and economical ruin – to riotous effect. A number of singular characters serve to round out the cast: a bashful private investigator, an aimless psychic proposing a seance, and a doctor who makes house calls with his wine merchant in tow, to name a few. Brimming with pathos, French Exit is a one-of-a-kind ''tragedy of manners,'' a send-up of high society, as well as a moving mother/son caper which only Patrick deWitt could conceive and execute.

Die Sisters Brothers

release date: Oct 21, 2013

Electric Literature No. 3

release date: Jan 15, 2010
Electric Literature No. 3
In our third anthology, Aimee Bender introduces us to a young woman unable to summon the desire to sleep with her husband without payment in cash, Matt Sumell''s protagonist feels capable of anything but can save no one, Rick Moody charts the rise an fall of a romance via Twitter, Patrick deWitt presents a bleak, funny tale of two movers who are going nowhere, and Jenny Offill chronicles the awkward vigil of a man caring for his terminally ill ex-wife.

Despedida a la francesa

release date: May 05, 2021
Despedida a la francesa
Una madre, un hijo y un gato habitado por el espíritu del difunto marido. Una comedia desopilante y melancólica. Frances Price y su hijo Malcolm –ya adulto, pero que sigue viviendo con ella– llevan una vida sofisticada y regalada en el más glamouroso Manhattan, gracias a la fabulosa herencia del difunto marido de ella: un marido sobre cuya muerte planean ciertas sospechas que la señalan. Esos rumores la han dotado de un aura de viuda negra, pero no le han impedido seguir disfrutando de infinitos caprichos a golpe de tarjeta de crédito. Hasta que tanto exceso acaba agotando la cuenta bancaria y de pronto madre e hijo se ven en la ruina y con la necesidad de comenzar de nuevo. Emprenden una huida hacia adelante con destino a París, donde ambos fueron felices en algún momento de su pasado. Frances apenas deja nada atrás, y Malcolm tan solo a una novia eterna con la que nunca ha acabado de llegar a ningún lado. Los acompaña en el viaje –por mar, en un transatlántico– Pequeño Frank, el gato de la familia, al que deberán introducir clandestinamente en Francia. Hay un motivo de peso para llevarlo con ellos: Frances está convencida de que en el cuerpo de ese felino habita el espíritu de su difunto marido. Y cuando, ya en París, el gato se da a la fuga, madre e hijo iniciarán una búsqueda que reunirá a un excéntrico plantel de personajes: una pitonisa con la que Malcolm ha mantenido una relación carnal en el transatlántico, una expatriada americana deseosa de aventuras, un tímido detective privado... Manejando con endiablada precisión su particularísimo y delicioso humor, Patrick deWitt nos regala una historia extravagante protagonizada por personajes estrafalarios, incapaces de desenvolverse en el mundo real, incapaces de madurar, refugiados en ensueños y pequeños placeres para tratar de escabullirse de su inmensa soledad.

Los hermanos Sisters

release date: May 08, 2013
Los hermanos Sisters
Charlie y Eli Sisters viven en Oregon City y trabajan para el Comodoro, un magnate y quizá aspirante a político que mueve muchos hilos en las sombras y tiene múltiples y variados negocios. Los hermanos, todo hay que decirlo, son sus matones y a veces sus verdugos. Y ahora van rumbo a Sacramento, en California, a cumplir un nuevo trabajo para su jefe, acabar con Hermann Kermit Warm, un buscador de oro. Porque la novela transcurre en 1851, en plena fiebre del oro. No se sabe muy bien en qué río aurífero se encuentra Warm, y el comodoro ha enviado por delante a Morris, el dandy, que también trabaja para él y tiene que averiguar su paradero y seguirlo, para entregárselo a los Sisters. Una novela muy seductora, negra y divertida. Los críticos han comparado a su autor con Cormac McCarthy, pero éste es más bien hijo de Faulkner, mientras que DeWitt es sobrino de Mark Twain y primo hermano de los hermanos Coen, si de parentescos literarios se trata. «DeWitt ha escrito una novela del lejano Oeste que subvierte el género, emocionante, divertidísima e inesperadamente conmovedora» (Publishers Weekly).

L'uomo che amava i libri

release date: Oct 23, 2023
L'uomo che amava i libri
L’esistenza di Bob Comet, bibliotecario in pensione, scorre come un lungo fiume tranquillo: non ha amici, il suo telefono non squilla mai e se qualcuno bussa alla sua porta, di sicuro è per vendergli qualcosa. Da tempo Bob ha rinunciato all’idea di conoscere il prossimo, o di lasciarsi conoscere, e il suo unico modo di stare nel mondo è tramite la lettura: qualcosa di vivo, in costante movimento e perenne crescita. In quasi tutte le stanze della sua casa ci sono scaffali zeppi di volumi, nei corridoi ordinate torri di libri, ovunque romanzi ammassati. L’altro piccolo piacere che Bob si concede è camminare. Le sue lunghe passeggiate cominciano senza una meta precisa e non prevedono contatti umani. Fino al giorno in cui, entrando in un 7-Eleven, si imbatte in una donna dall’aria assente, ferma davanti alle porte di vetro dei frigoriferi. La donna è vestita come una bambina, ma da sotto il berretto le spunta una zazzera bianca e scarmigliata. Al collo ha un foglietto legato a una cordicella, con la scritta: Mi chiamo chip, e vivo al centro anziani Gambellreed. Nel ricondurre la sperduta signora alla residenza per anziani, lo sguardo di Bob cade su un volantino in una bacheca: è un appello a fare volontariato presso quel centro. Un’occasione, per Bob, di sottrarsi all’ostinata solitudine di decenni. Ma anche, in modo del tutto inatteso, l’opportunità di riconciliarsi col suo passato e, forse, affrontare la feroce nostalgia per un amore perduto. Eccentrico e dolceamaro, tra imprevisti che sfiorano il comico, beffe del destino e un umorismo travolgente, L’uomo che amava i libri celebra ciò che vi è di straordinario nella cosiddetta vita ordinaria e descrive magnificamente la brace che cova anche sotto l’esistenza più mite. «Bob Comet ricorda Stoner di John Williams o Vita nei boschi di Thoreau con le loro esistenze di quieta disperazione, anche se deWitt sceglie di raccontare il momento in cui la vita del suo protagonista imbocca una vera svolta». Kirkus Reviews «Il racconto dolceamaro di un bibliotecario in pensione. DeWitt infonde colore ed eccentricità nei suoi personaggi. Un romanzo che ti prende e non ti lascia fino all’ultima, esilarante pagina». Publishers Weekly «DeWitt ha scelto di dar voce a un narratore incredibilmente acuto e originale». The New York Times

De gebroeders Sisters

release date: May 14, 2013
De gebroeders Sisters
Het Wilde Westen, omstreeks 1850. Het zijn de dagen van de goudkoorts en Hermann Kermit Warm moet dood. Aldus is bevolen door de mysterieuze Commodore. Zijn twee handlangers, de beruchte huurmoordenaars Eli en Charlie Sisters, gaan op pad om hun prooi te zoeken en ervoor te zorgen dat de wil van de Commodore geschiedt. Voor de liefhebbers van de Coen-brothers en Cormac McCarthy.

El submayordomo Minor

release date: Mar 07, 2018
El submayordomo Minor
Una hilarante y emocionante novela de iniciación sobre un joven mayordomo que descubre los misterios de la vida y las heridas del amor. Lucy Minor, un joven que está dejando atrás la adolescencia y adentrándose en el mundo adulto, se marcha del pueblo entre montañas del que no ha salido jamás. Lo hace después de sufrir un desengaño amoroso y constatar que en ese lugar en el que abundan los rudos gigantones será siempre un marginado. Lleva en el bolsillo una carta con una oferta de trabajo: un puesto de ayudante de mayordomo en el castillo Von Aux. El ingenuo Lucy se topará con personajes variopintos: un mayordomo dado a filosofar y a la melancolía; una cocinera inepta que no acepta críticas; un aristócrata que cada día envía una desesperada carta de amor sin obtener nunca respuesta; unos peculiares guerrilleros que combaten en las montañas sin saber muy bien por qué; dos ladrones profesionales que ejercen su oficio en los trenes, y Klara, la hija de uno de ellos... Rodeado por esta galería de excéntricos, Lucy indagará en la misteriosa desaparición de su antecesor, descubrirá en el castillo a un ser humano salvaje que come roedores, será testigo de una extraña orgía en la que una tarta se convierte en instrumento sadomasoquista, escuchará algunas historias sobre pérfidos seductores y maestros del engaño y, sobre todo, irá descubriendo las pasiones y pesares del mundo adulto y los vaivenes del amor, que «no es para pusilánimes». DeWitt toma como punto de partida la novela centroeuropea, los antihéroes de Robert Walser y el universo kafkiano, y los mezcla con un protagonista que parece salido de un slapstick con unas gotas de cine expresionista. El resultado es un Bildungsroman posmoderno, que combina un humor descacharrante con una profunda mirada sobre las incertezas y perplejidades de un joven ante las paradojas de la vida.

淘金殺手

release date: Apr 30, 2012
淘金殺手
Traditional Chinese edition of The Sisters Brothers, a historical novel which won the 75th Governor General''s Literary Awards and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2011. In Traditional Chinese. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

Sisters Kardesler

release date: Apr 01, 2012

Arrivano i Sister

release date: Jan 01, 2012

Letzte Rettung: Paris

release date: Aug 22, 2019
Letzte Rettung: Paris
Ein als Katze reinkarnierter Ehemann, seine Witwe und ihr Sohn begeben sich auf eine sonderbare Reise nach Paris. Der Überraschungserfolg aus den USA: ein verrückt-liebenswürdiger Roman über eine seltsame Mutter-Sohn-Beziehung und eine Reise, die es in sich hat. Frances und Malcom Price sind wohl das unterhaltsamste Mutter-Sohn-Duo New Yorks. Ein Großteil von Frances'' Bekanntheit beruht auf der Tatsache, dass sie, als sie den toten Körper ihres Mannes entdeckte, zu einem Skiwochenende aufbrach, anstatt die Behörden zu alarmieren. Gewöhnt an ein Leben voller Luxus, muss sie sich ad hoc etwas einfallen lassen, denn Frances hat das Erbe ihres Mannes jahrzehntelang verprasst und ist jetzt pleite. Zusammen mit ihrem Kater Kleiner Frank, den Frances für die Reinkarnation ihres Mannes hält, fliehen die Prices nach Paris. Als Kleiner Frank verschwindet, trommeln sie allerlei skurriles Personal zusammen, um den Kater, der ein Geheimnis mit sich trägt, wiederzufinden.

Afwassingen

release date: Nov 13, 2013
Afwassingen
In een beroemde maar wat verlopen bar in Hollywood werkt een barman. Met morbide belangstelling observeert hij onder het glazen spoelen hoe zijn clientèle avond aan avond in vergetelheid wegzakt en maakt ondertussen aantekeningen voor een roman. In de hoop meer over ze te weten te komen sluit hij aarzelend vriendschap met de stamgasten, die elk op hun eigen manier verknipt zijn. Maar na verloop van tijd begint hij zichzelf vaker in te schenken dan zijn klanten en zijn leven buiten de bar wordt steeds ondraaglijker. Hij beseft dat hij aan zijn drank- en druggebruik onderdoor zal gaan als hij zichzelf niet bevrijdt. Dus bedenkt hij een ontsnappingsplan. Afwassingen is een klassiek verhaal over de gevolgen van verslaving, verpakt in een pastiche op het genre van de roman. De vorm is gedurfd maar zorgvuldig geslepen en de stem van de verteller sleept je onverbiddelijk mee in zijn wereld.

Noorderzon

release date: Oct 30, 2018
Noorderzon
Frances Price en haar volwassen (doch eeuwig puberale) zoon Malcolm wonen in de chique Upper East Side van New York, rijkelijk omringd door bedienend personeel. Sinds de dood van Malcolms roemruchte vader Franklin, wiens geest volgens Frances voortleeft in Kleine Frank, een oude maar wijze kater, leiden ze een leven van luxueuze ledigheid. Frances en Malcolm zijn twee handen op één buik — ze eten samen, roddelen samen, bewegen zich samen door de high society van New York. Maar dan wordt hun exorbitante levensstijl bedreigd door een bankroet. Frances en Malcolm ontsnappen aan het schandaal door met de noorderzon te vertrekken. In het verre Parijs ontmoeten ze vervolgens een bonte stoet van persoonlijkheden, de een nog bizarder dan de ander: een prachtige maar grillige waarzegster, een dokter die zijn wijnhandelaar meeneemt op huisbezoek, een verlegen detective, een joviale dame die verslingerd is aan cocktails. Ze verbrassen er met verve hun laatste geld. DeWitt verdiept zich net als in De gebroeders Sisters in een onvoorstelbare wereld, en maakt die wereld concreet en menselijk. Hij schrijft met humor over de band tussen moeder en zoon, jezelf opnieuw uitvinden en pretentie laten varen. Theatrale personages en snijdend, overdreven komisch dialoog maken Noorderzon een vlotte en cynische klucht om hardop van te lachen.

Ondermajordomus Minor

release date: Oct 27, 2015
Ondermajordomus Minor
Een romantische avonturenroman, een fabel zonder moraal en een inktzwarte komedie ineen: dit nieuwe boek van Patrick deWitt gaat over de jonge Lucien (Lucy) Minor, dwangmatig leugenaar, onbeminde eenzaat in een dorp vol reuzen, die een betrekking aanvaardt als ‘ondermajordomus’ op een grimmig kasteel in een afgelegen bergstreek, ‘een beslissing die leidde tot velerlei verwikkelingen, waaronder, maar niet uitsluitend, ware liefde, bitter hartzeer, withete geestesangst en een acute aandrang tot moorden’. Op het kasteel en in het onderhorige dorp ontmoet hij onder anderen een melancholieke butler, een krankzinnige baron, een clubje aan seksuele uitspattingen verslaafde aristocraten, een koppel sympathieke dieven en niet te vergeten de aanminnige Klara, om wier hand hij dingt met een buitengewoon knappe partizaan.

ARINMALAR

release date: Jan 11, 2022
ARINMALAR
Zamanının meşhur, şimdilerde gözden düşmüş bir Hollywood barında çalışan bir barmen. Çevresindeki çürümeyi, müşterilerin her gece hiçliğe tekrar tekrar yuvarlanışını hastalıklı bir keyifle izlerken, romanı için notlar alır. Sırlarını duymak, gayelerini anlamak için birbirinden arızalı müdavimlerle yakınlaşır ve yakınlaştıkça kendi bardağına müşterilerine verdiğinden fazlasını doldurmaya başlar. Evliliğini, amacını ve sonunda kendini yitirir. Bağımlılık ve yalnızlığın kıskacında, kurtuluş için bir plan yapar: feci ama gerekli bir plan. Arınmalar okuru bara, tezgâhın arkasına, dibin de dibine ve bilindik öykü anlatımının ötesine sürüklüyor. Kasvetin en görkemli hali. - Independet Varoluşun bulanık sınırlarında gezinen, kısa, tesirli, ustaca bir iş. - Guardian Nefis. - Times

Der Diener, die Dame, das Dorf und die Diebe

release date: Jun 13, 2016
Der Diener, die Dame, das Dorf und die Diebe
Eine überragende rabenschwarze Sittenkomödie. Lucy Minor aus dem idyllischen Dorf Bury ist ein blasser, schwächlicher Junge. Er hat weder Freunde noch Pläne – dafür allerdings das Talent zu lügen und neuerdings ein Stellenangebot: für den Posten als Unteroberhaushofmeister auf dem Schloss des Barons Von Aux. Dort lernt Lucy allerlei skurrile Persönlichkeiten kennen und verliebt sich unsterblich in die schöne Klara. Einer allerdings bleibt im Verborgenen: der Baron Von Aux. Ebenso rätselhaft wie dessen Abwesenheit ist das Verschwinden von Lucys Vorgänger Broom. Was hat es mit dem Fehlen der beiden auf sich? Und wird Lucy das Herz von Klara erobern und sich gegen seinen Nebenbuhler Adolphus durchsetzen können?

Hoi adelphoi adelphes

release date: Jan 01, 2012

Os irmãos Sisters

release date: Aug 01, 2017
Os irmãos Sisters
Best-seller e reconhecido pela crítica, este divertido romance de faroeste chegará aos cinemas com Jake Gyllenhaal e Joaquin Phoenix no elenco O ano é 1851. O enigmático Comodoro decide que Hermann Kermit deve morrer, e cabe aos seus capangas Eli e Charlie Sisters a tarefa de cumprir a sentença. Embora não compartilhe do gosto do irmão Charlie por assassinatos, Eli nunca soube fazer outra coisa. Mas o novo alvo da dupla não é fácil de alcançar, e, no caminho de Oregon City até a região onde está Warm, perto de Sacramento, Eli começa a se questionar sobre o que faz para viver e para quem ele faz isso. Em Os irmãos sisters, finalista do Man Booker Prize, Patrick deWitt presta uma homenagem ao clássico faroeste. Uma odisseia que captura a melancolia e a coragem do Velho Oeste, a partir da relação de dois irmãos unidos pelo sangue, pela violência e pelo amor. ''O que eleva a obra além de mero pastiche do faroeste é a combinação primorosa de horror, melancolia e humor pastelão. Um após o outro, surgem momentos de assombro e agonia, pontuados por riso absurdo. Trabalhando com os tropos narrativos do gênero, DeWitt cria um faroeste original, em que a honra e a ganância são filtrados por um narrador inocente e cativante.''

Les Frères Sisters

release date: May 07, 2014
Les Frères Sisters
Oregon, 1851. Eli et Charlie Sisters, redoutable tandem de tueurs professionnels aux tempéraments radicalement opposés mais d''égale (et sinistre) réputation, chevauchent vers Sacramento, Californie, où ils ont pour mission d''exécuter un chercheur d''or. Tandis que Charlie galope sans états d''âme mais non sans eau-de-vie vers le crime, EIi ne cesse de s''interroger sur la pertinence de la funeste activité à laquelle tous deux s''adonnent, au fil de rencontres aussi insolites que belliqueuses avec les individus patibulaires ou visionnaires qui hantent l''Amérique de la Ruée vers l''or. Avec ce roman jubilatoire, où l''humour noir le dispute à une subtile excentricité, Patrick deWitt offre un hommage décalé aux classiques du western en l''inoubliable compagnie de deux frères moins liés par le sang et la violence que par l''indéfectible amour qu''ils se portent silencieusement.

Pomoćni majordom Malković

release date: Jan 01, 2018
Pomoćni majordom Malković
"Lucy Minor is the resident odd duck in the hamlet of Bury. He is a compulsive liar, a sickly weakling in a town famous for begetting brutish giants. Then Lucy accepts employment assisting the majordomo of the remote, foreboding Castle Von Aux. While tending to his new post as undermajordomo, he soon discovers the place harbours many dark secrets, not least of which is the whereabouts of the castle''s master, Baron Von Aux. Thus begins a tale of polite theft, bitter heartbreak, domestic mystery, and cold-blooded murder. Undermajordomo Minor is an ink-black comedy of manners, an adventure, and a mystery, and a searing portrayal of rural Alpine bad behaviour, but above all it is a love story. And Lucy must be careful, for love is a violent thing." --

Heurs et malheurs du sous-majordome Minor

release date: Mar 01, 2017
Heurs et malheurs du sous-majordome Minor
Un jeune homme du nom de Lucien Minor, dit Lucy, accepte un poste de sous-majordome au château Von Aux, lugubre forteresse sise au cœur d''un massif alpin. Et découvre bientôt que ce lieu aussi inquiétant que fantomatique recèle les plus noirs secrets. Un conte cruel et grinçant qui a pour protagonistes une étrange humanité, toute pétrie de mensonges, de mauvaise foi, de malignité et de perversité mais aussi d''innocence.Avec ce roman aussi ludique qu''initiatique, où résonnent les accents d''un Edgar Allan Poe, d''un Calvino, ou d''un Kafka (voire d''un Bram Stoker...), Patrick deWitt, après le succès de son inoubliable roman, Les Frères Sisters, fait une nouvelle fois la preuve d''un exceptionnel tempérament d''écrivain capable de mettre tous les schémas du conte au service d''une passionnante exploration du monde ténébreux des passions humaines, entre dérision, fantaisie et cruauté.

FRESH PICK : The Librarianist

release date: Jan 01, 2023
FRESH PICK : The Librarianist
"Bob Comet is a retired librarian, isolated but not lonely, living out his quiet days in a mint-colored house in Oregon, surrounded by his books and small comforts. One morning, out on his daily walk, he performs an act of kindness that brings him into contact with a nearby senior center, where he soon begins volunteering. Here, as a community of peers and friends gathers around Bob, and following a happenstance brush with a painful complication from his past, the events of his life and the details of hischaracter are revealed. Behind Bob Comet''s plain facade is the story of an unhappy child''s runaway adventure, of true love found and stolen away, of the purpose and pride found in vocation, and the ultimate acceptance of a life lived to the side of the masses. The Librarianist is a wide-ranging and ambitious homage to the life lived through and for literature. With his inimitable verve, skewed humor, and compassion for the outcast, deWitt celebrates the extraordinary in the so-called ordinary life, and depicts beautifully the turbulence that sometimes exists beneath a surface of serenity"--

Le Sous-Majordome

release date: Jan 01, 2017

Podmajordomus Minor

release date: Jan 01, 2016

Back to the Future in St. Paul

release date: Jan 01, 2003
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