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The Librarianist
Patrick deWittBob Comet is a retired librarian, isolated but not lonely, living out his quiet days in a mint-colored house in Oregon, surrounded by his books & small comforts. One morning, out on his daily walk, he performs an act of kindness that brings him into contact with a nearby senior center, where he soon begins volunteering. Here, as a community of peers & friends gathers around Bob, & following a happenstance brush with a painful complication from his past, the events of his life & the details of his character are revealed.
Behind Bob Comet's plain facade is the story of an unhappy child's runaway adventure, of true love found & stolen away, of the purpose & pride found in vocation, & the ultimate acceptance of a life lived to the side of the masses. Bob’s experiences are imbued with melancholy but also a bright, sustained comedy; he has a talent for locating bizarre & outsize players to welcome onto the stage of his life.
With his inimitable verve, skewed humor, & compassion for the outcast, The Librarianist is a wide-ranging & ambitious homage to the life lived through & for literature, a document of the introvert’s condition. With his inimitable verve, skewed humor, & compassion for the outcast, deWitt celebrates the extraordinary in the so-called ordinary life, & depicts beautifully the turbulence that sometimes exists beneath a surface of serenity.
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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), & the critically acclaimed Undermajordomo Minor and Ablutions.
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“A bittersweet tale of a retired librarian . . . DeWitt imbues the people he meets with color & quirks, leaving a trail of sparks . . . This one gradually takes hold until it won’t let go.” — Publishers Weekly
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