Patrick deWitt Pořadí knih (chronologicky)

Bob Comet, a retired librarian, spends his solitary days in a mint-colored house in Portland, Oregon. During a routine walk, he helps a confused elderly woman lost in a market, returning her to the senior center that is her home. Seeking to fill the emptiness left by retirement, he begins volunteering at the center. As he connects with a community of quirky peers and confronts a painful complication from his past, the layers of his character and life story unfold. Beneath Bob's straight man facade lies a narrative of a troubled childhood during the final days of World War II, experiences of love gained and lost, and the pride found in his librarian vocation. His life, marked by melancholy, is also infused with bright comedy, as he has a knack for attracting eccentric characters into his world. With his distinct humor and compassion for outcasts, the author crafts a wide-ranging exploration of the introvert's experience. This work celebrates the extraordinary within ordinary lives and beautifully illustrates the turbulence that can lurk beneath a calm exterior.

A comedy/tragedy of manners. The new novel from the Man Booker-shortlisted author of The Sisters Brothers Frances Price - tart widow, possessive mother and Upper East Side force of nature - is in dire straits, beset by scandal. Her adult son Malcolm is no help, mired in a permanent state of arrested development. And then there's their cat, who Frances believes houses the spirit of her late husband, an infamously immoral world-class cad whose gruesome tabloid death rendered Frances and Malcolm social outcasts. The curious trio head for the exit, escape pariahdom and land in Paris - a backdrop for self-destruction and economic ruin, and peopled by a number of singular characters: a bashful private investigator, an aimless psychic and Mme. Reynard, aggressive houseguest and friendly American expat. Brimming with pathos and wit, French Exit is a one-of-a-kind tragedy of manners, a riotous send-up of high society and a moving story of mothers and sons

The raucous, poignant and spectacularly enjoyable novel by the author of Man Booker Prize-shortlisted The Sisters Brothers .

From the author of the Booker shortlisted Sisters Brothers - a dark, boozy and hilarious tale from the LA underworld.

Prospektora Hermanna Warma čeká násilná smrt – nařídil ji záhadný a mocný muž známý pouze jako Komodor a mají se o ni postarat jeho neblaze proslulí zabijáci Eli a Charlie Sesterové. Hloubavý a citově založený Eli sice nesdílí bratrovu zálibu v alkoholu a zabíjení, nic jiného však nikdy nepoznal. Za oběť však tentokrát nedostali snadný cíl a Eli si cestou z Oregon City na Warmův zlatokopecký zábor v Kalifornii na hřbetě svého churavého koně začne klást otázky, jaké si vlastně zvolil živobytí – a jakému muži slouží. V žánrově originálním pikareskním westernu Bratři Sesterové nás Patrick deWitt přenáší do časů kalifornské zlaté horečky – a činí tak pozoruhodným jazykem a strhujícím vypravěčským stylem, v němž těsně pod povrchem zdánlivě vážného líčení mohutně bublá brilantní humor. V jeho dramatické odyseji plné nástrah, svodů a pochybných i fantaskních figurek se mísí absurdita, melancholie i drsnost Divokého západu a dvou pistolnických sourozenců, které spojuje pouto krve, násilí i bratrské lásky.