Patrick deWitt
Birth date: March 06, 1975
Patrick deWitt's Books
This satire was mildly funny in places, but not enough to keep my attention. DNF after an hour of audio and moved on to something else. Audiobook, borrowed from my public library via Overdrive.
As usual, I'm second-guessing myself when I find myself disliking a book that has received awards, critical praise and a movie deal. But unfortunately I just could not enjoy this book. There's an easy explanation for this: it was only after I was well into the novel, and started reading reviews in...
FRENCH EXIT by Patrick DeWitt I just couldn’t get interested in this book or the characters in it; Frances, a middle aged widow, and her son, Malcolm. While clearly drawn, neither was likeable or very interesting. Their situation (about to become bankrupt) and their reactions were also not interes...
First off, I love the cover art by Dan Stiles! In The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt, Eli and Charlie Sisters are notorious killers from Oregon working for "The Commodore" as guns for hire. They travel to California during the 1851 gold rush to kill their latest target, Hermann Kermit Warm....
bookshelves: summer-2015, tbr-busting-2015, booker-longlist, western, oregon, north-americas, ipad, e-book, published-2011, cover-love, bullies, california, adventure, amusing, casual-violence, chase-me-chase-me, dodgy-narrator, doo-lally, drilling-mining-digging, foxtrotted-uniform, gangsters, ham...
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