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Patrick deWitt


Born
in Sidney, Canada
March 06, 1975

Genre
Literature & Fiction


Patrick deWitt is the author of the novels French Exit (a national bestseller), The Sisters Brothers (a New York Times bestseller short-listed for the Booker Prize), and the critically acclaimed Undermajordomo Minor and Ablutions. Born in British Columbia, he now resides in Portland, Oregon.

Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.73 · 177,289 ratings · 20,791 reviews · 20 distinct works • Similar authors
The Sisters Brothers
3.85 avg rating — 102,755 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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French Exit
3.55 avg rating — 28,635 ratings — published 2018 — 14 editions
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The Librarianist
3.41 avg rating — 23,513 ratings — published 2023 — 18 editions
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Undermajordomo Minor
3.75 avg rating — 16,051 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions
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Ablutions
3.66 avg rating — 5,824 ratings — published 2009 — 40 editions
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The Bastard
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3.91 avg rating — 340 ratings — published 2016
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The Big Why
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3.68 avg rating — 248 ratings — published 2004 — 11 editions
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Help Yourself Help Yourself
4.32 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1974 — 6 editions
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“The creak of bed springs suffering under the weight of a restless man is as lonely a sound as I know.”
― Patrick deWitt, The Sisters Brothers
tags: insomnia, restless, restlessness, sleeplessness
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“...but I could not sleep without proper covering and spent the rest of the night rewriting lost arguments from my past, altering history so that I emerged victorious.”
― Patrick deWitt, The Sisters Brothers
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“I lay in the dark thinking about the difficulties of family, how crazy and crooked the stories of a bloodline can be.”
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Polls

July is literary/general fiction.

This list of books is pulled from:
Booker Prize lists (eligible, nominees for the Longlist, Shortlist, winners or non-winners...various years)
National Book Awards (Longlist, Shortlist, winners...various years)
Women's Prize for Fiction (Shortlist, winners...various years)
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction (Shortlist, winners...various years)

Voting will be open through Sunday, June 1st.

The March The March by E.L. Doctorow E.L. Doctorow
 
  3 votes, 75.0%

The Sisters Brothers The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt Patrick deWitt

 
  1 vote, 25.0%

The Sea, The Sea The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch Iris Murdoch
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

The Hundred Secret Senses The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan Amy Tan
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells Rebecca Wells
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

The Maytrees The Maytrees by Annie Dillard Annie Dillard
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

4 total votes
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