Books by Patrick deWitt

Ablutions

by Patrick deWitt

(761 reviews)

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... See More

The Sisters Brothers

by Patrick deWitt

(7,971 reviews)

Now a major film starring Jaoquin Phoenix, John C. Reilly, Jake Gyllenhal and Riz Ahmed. Shortlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize, deWitt's dazzlingly original second novel is a darkly funny, offbeat western about a... See More

The Librarianist

by Patrick deWitt

(1,321 review)

**AN INTERNATIONAL No. 1 BESTSELLER** 'I absolutely adored it' NINA STIBBE **Selected as a Washington Post Book of the Summer** From bestselling and award-winning author Patrick deWitt comes a novel about an ordinary man... See More

De gebroeders Sisters (Dutch Edition)

by Patrick DeWitt

(2 reviews)

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... See More

Noorderzon (Dutch Edition)

by Patrick deWitt

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... See More

Ondermajordomus Minor (Dutch Edition)

by Patrick DeWitt

(1 review)

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... See More

Undermajordomo Minor

by Patrick deWitt

(2,617 reviews)

Lucien (Lucy) Minor is the resident odd duck in the bucolic hamlet of Bury. Friendless and loveless, young and aimless, he is a compulsive liar and a melancholy weakling. When Lucy accepts employment assisting the majordomo... See More

French Exit: NOW A MAJOR FILM

by Patrick deWitt

(3,111 reviews)

NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING MICHELLE PFEIFFER AND LUCAS HEDGES A tragedy of manners from the Man Booker-shortlisted author of The Sisters Brothers 'My favourite book of his yet' Maria Semple, author of Where'd You Go... See More

French Exit: Une tragédie de moeurs (French Edition)

by Patrick Dewitt

(28 reviews)

Laissant derrière eux New York, de lourds effluves de scandale et le spectre de la ruine financière, Frances Price (veuve foutraque aussi belle qu'acerbe) et son fils unique Malcolm (loser à tous les étages) larguent les... See More

Los hermanos Sisters (Panorama de narrativas nº 835) (Spanish Edition)

by Patrick DeWitt

(18 reviews)

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... See More

Letzte Rettung: Paris: Roman (German Edition)

by Patrick deWitt

(16 reviews)

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... See More

Ablutions (Oberon Modern Plays)

by Patrick deWitt

Picture yourself as a bartender, sipping top-shelf whiskey and watching your customers descend into nightly oblivion. Your heart is broken by the world around you and, leaving the whisky aside, you hatch a devious... See More

Heurs et malheurs du sous-majordome Minor (ROMANS, NOUVELL) (French Edition)

by Patrick deWitt

(9 reviews)

Un jeune homme du nom de Lucien Minor, dit Lucy, accepte un poste de sous-majordome au château Von Aux, lugubre forteresse sise au c?ur d'un massif alpin. Et découvre bientôt que ce lieu aussi inquiétant que fantomatique... See More

Electric Literature No. 3

by Jenny Offill

(7 reviews)

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't save those he... See More

The Bastard (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading)

by Patrick DeWitt

(204 reviews)

"The Bastard is a con man, motivated by money and bragging rights, becoming whoever he needs to be as a means to those ends. Confidence, intuition, and research are a con man's specialties, and indeed when the Bastard shows... See More

Der Diener, die Dame, das Dorf und die Diebe: Roman (German Edition)

by Patrick deWitt

(9 reviews)

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... See More

El submayordomo Minor (PANORAMA DE NARRATIVAS nº 973) (Spanish Edition)

by Patrick DeWitt

(18 reviews)

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... See More