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.
Patrick deWitt ist eine leichte, nicht unbedingt sehr anspruchsvolle, aber extrem unterhaltsame, gute Geschichte gelungen, die mich in ihrer überspannten Darstellung der Protagonisten der Upperclass, die nur einen Wimpernschlag vom totalen Bankrott entfernt stehen, und in der intensiv zelebrierten f...
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....
A few months ago, I watched Grand Budapest Hotel. I was enchanted. I was amused. And I was pretty sure I was never going to see anything like it ever again. Undermajordomo Minor, by Patrick deWitt, is pretty close. It features a young man who takes a job as a servant at a huge building where he gets...
THE SISTERS BROTHERS is a novel written like a bottle of whiskey. It uses a precise and refined set of ingredients to create something that is incendiary in purpose, violent in intent, and will make you drunk on words. SISTERS BROTHERS is a beautiful book, although it is not one of my all-time ...
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