None of this, however, is to suggest that Undermajordomo Minor is in any way derivative. This book is Patrick deWitt at his pitch-black noir best — an author who is fast making the dark comedy genre his own. Reviewed by Sinéad Fitzgibbon. · The hero of “Undermajordomo Minor” — Lucien Minor, slyly called Lucy throughout — is similarly familiar yet slippery: He’s a simpleton with a few tricks up his sleeve, pursuing selfish Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins. · Undermajordomo Minor by Patrick deWitt review – a comic tale with a touching protagonist. The Booker-shortlisted The Sisters Brothers was Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins.
by Patrick deWitt. "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. The following is from Patrick deWitt's novel, Undermajordomo Minor cover. deWitt is the author of the Ablutions: Notes for a Novel, as well as The Sisters Brothers, which was short-listed for the Booker www.doorway.ru in British Columbia, he has also lived in California and Washington, and now resides in Portland, Oregon. 'Undermajordomo Minor,' by Patrick deWitt. Chris Feliciano Arnold. Sep. 17, Facebook Twitter Email. 3. 1 of 3 Show More Show Less 2 of 3 Patrick deWitt Danny Palmerlee Show More Show Less.
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. None of this, however, is to suggest that Undermajordomo Minor is in any way derivative. This book is Patrick deWitt at his pitch-black noir best — an author who is fast making the dark comedy genre his own. Reviewed by Sinéad Fitzgibbon. Undermajordomo Minor is a novel by Canadian-born author Patrick deWitt. It is his third novel and was published by House of Anansi Press on September 5, [1] The novel is a gothic fable set in an unspecified time and location that has been compared to 19th-century Central and Eastern Europe.
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