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**AN INTERNATIONAL No. 1 BESTSELLER****Selected as a Washington Post Book of the Summer**
'I absolutely adored it' NINA STIBBE
From bestselling and award-winning author Patrick deWitt comes a novel about an ordinary man who thought life's surprises were behind him - until a chance encounter changed everything
Bob Comet is a retired librarian passing his solitary days surrounded by books in a mint-colored house in Portland, Oregon. One morning on his daily walk he encounters a confused elderly woman lost in a market and returns her to the senior centre that is her home. Hoping to fill the void he's known since retiring, Bob begins volunteering at the center. Here, as a community of strange peers gathers around Bob, and following a brush with a painful complication from his past, the events of his life and the details of his character are revealed.
Behind Bob Comet's straight man facade is the story of an unhappy child's runaway adventure during the last days of the Second World War, of true love won and stolen away, of the purpose and pride found in the librarian's vocation, and the pleasures of a life lived to the side of the masses.
'I absolutely adored it' NINA STIBBE
From bestselling and award-winning author Patrick deWitt comes a novel about an ordinary man who thought life's surprises were behind him - until a chance encounter changed everything
Bob Comet is a retired librarian passing his solitary days surrounded by books in a mint-colored house in Portland, Oregon. One morning on his daily walk he encounters a confused elderly woman lost in a market and returns her to the senior centre that is her home. Hoping to fill the void he's known since retiring, Bob begins volunteering at the center. Here, as a community of strange peers gathers around Bob, and following a brush with a painful complication from his past, the events of his life and the details of his character are revealed.
Behind Bob Comet's straight man facade is the story of an unhappy child's runaway adventure during the last days of the Second World War, of true love won and stolen away, of the purpose and pride found in the librarian's vocation, and the pleasures of a life lived to the side of the masses.
**AN INTERNATIONAL No. 1 BESTSELLER****Selected as a Washington Post Book of the Summer**
'I absolutely adored it' NINA STIBBE
From bestselling and award-winning author Patrick deWitt comes a novel about an ordinary man who thought life's surprises were behind him - until a chance encounter changed everything
Bob Comet is a retired librarian passing his solitary days surrounded by books in a mint-colored house in Portland, Oregon. One morning on his daily walk he encounters a confused elderly woman lost in a market and returns her to the senior centre that is her home. Hoping to fill the void he's known since retiring, Bob begins volunteering at the center. Here, as a community of strange peers gathers around Bob, and following a brush with a painful complication from his past, the events of his life and the details of his character are revealed.
Behind Bob Comet's straight man facade is the story of an unhappy child's runaway adventure during the last days of the Second World War, of true love won and stolen away, of the purpose and pride found in the librarian's vocation, and the pleasures of a life lived to the side of the masses.
'I absolutely adored it' NINA STIBBE
From bestselling and award-winning author Patrick deWitt comes a novel about an ordinary man who thought life's surprises were behind him - until a chance encounter changed everything
Bob Comet is a retired librarian passing his solitary days surrounded by books in a mint-colored house in Portland, Oregon. One morning on his daily walk he encounters a confused elderly woman lost in a market and returns her to the senior centre that is her home. Hoping to fill the void he's known since retiring, Bob begins volunteering at the center. Here, as a community of strange peers gathers around Bob, and following a brush with a painful complication from his past, the events of his life and the details of his character are revealed.
Behind Bob Comet's straight man facade is the story of an unhappy child's runaway adventure during the last days of the Second World War, of true love won and stolen away, of the purpose and pride found in the librarian's vocation, and the pleasures of a life lived to the side of the masses.
Über den Autor
Patrick deWitt is the author of The Sisters Brothers, which wonthe Governor General's Award and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Walter Scott Prize. He also is the author of Ablutions, which was a New York Times Editor's Choice, and Undermajordomo Minor. The Sisters Brothers is being adapted for film by Jacques Audiard (Rust and Bone, A Prophet), to star Jake Gyllenhaal, Joaquin Phoenix, Riz Ahmed and John C. Reilly, for release in 2018. French Exit, his third book, was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Born in British Columbia, Canada, deWitt now resides in Portland, Oregon.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2024 |
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Genre: | Romane & Erzählungen |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | 362 S. |
ISBN-13: | 9781526646927 |
ISBN-10: | 1526646927 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | DeWitt, Patrick |
Hersteller: | Bloomsbury UK |
Maße: | 196 x 128 x 24 mm |
Von/Mit: | Patrick DeWitt |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 11.04.2024 |
Gewicht: | 0,25 kg |
Über den Autor
Patrick deWitt is the author of The Sisters Brothers, which wonthe Governor General's Award and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Walter Scott Prize. He also is the author of Ablutions, which was a New York Times Editor's Choice, and Undermajordomo Minor. The Sisters Brothers is being adapted for film by Jacques Audiard (Rust and Bone, A Prophet), to star Jake Gyllenhaal, Joaquin Phoenix, Riz Ahmed and John C. Reilly, for release in 2018. French Exit, his third book, was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Born in British Columbia, Canada, deWitt now resides in Portland, Oregon.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2024 |
---|---|
Genre: | Romane & Erzählungen |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | 362 S. |
ISBN-13: | 9781526646927 |
ISBN-10: | 1526646927 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | DeWitt, Patrick |
Hersteller: | Bloomsbury UK |
Maße: | 196 x 128 x 24 mm |
Von/Mit: | Patrick DeWitt |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 11.04.2024 |
Gewicht: | 0,25 kg |
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