Undermajordomo Minor - Softcover

Dewitt, Patrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062281224 ISBN 13: 9780062281227

Verlag: Ecco Pr, 2016

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"Undermajordomo Minor wears a fairytale cloak, but at its wondrous and fantastical heart lies an unexpectedly moving story about love, home, and the difficulty of finding one's place in the world. Elegant, beautifully strange, and utterly superb."--Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven

"Patrick deWitt has an untrammelled and utterly original imagination. I cannot think of anyone else who could pull off so beautifully this controlled explosion of drollery, mischief, sly fun and tenderness."--Neel Mukherjee, author of The Lives of Others

"An electrifying adventure, both tender and profane. Nervy, hilarious and utterly unpredictable, Patrick deWitt has served up another dazzler."--Maria Semple, author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette?

"Undermajordomo Minor is brutal, brilliant, sly, absurd, and poignant. It's both gripping tale and hilarious subversion. Once again Patrick deWitt proves his wild, original talent, generous wit, and exquisite control."--Sam Lipsyte, author of The Ask

"Undermajordomo Minor is a wonderfully wry and wise novel, and reading it is like coming across some twisted classic-Cervantes by way of Louis C.K. I marvel at all that Patrick deWitt is able to do on the page."--Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins

"Patrick deWitt novels don't sneak up on you; they're the kind you love instantly. His latest...is no exception. From the moment you tumble into its strange world, there is no other world... [A] fairy tale, although one with plenty of room inside for thoroughly modern, adult complications."--BookPage

"[A] well thought through modern take on folkloric storytelling.... The tale shifts, subtly, from Tolkien to Stoker with a dash of Conan Doyle, but with plenty of humorous touches... DeWitt's yarn is playful and pleasing... Smart entertainment that blends lighthearted moments with more thoughtful reckonings of the human condition."--Kirkus Reviews

"[A] deliciously off-kilter coming-of-age story... a detached levity dances through every moment....Alongside the humor lies a wry wisdom about the hidden strengths of the perpetual outsider. Take special note of this delightful, wickedly sharp gem."--Shelf Awareness

"Throughout the novel, [deWitt] seeks to play against our expectations, to take the moral lessons inherent in his chosen form and rewire them, give them additional dimension and heft... The result is a novel that carves out its own amusements, much as its protagonist does."--Los Angeles Times

"deWitt is the master of episodic structure. In his hands, the pseudo-simplistic fable form becomes a game of dense social and psychological complexity."--The Oregonian (Portland)

Reseña del editor

Friendless and loveless, young and aimless, Lucien (Lucy) Minor is the resident odd duck in his bucolic hamlet of Bury, a weakling and compulsive liar in a town famous for producing brutish giants. When Lucy finds employment—as Undermajordomo, assisting the Majordomo of a remote, foreboding castle—he soon discovers the place harbors many dark secrets, not least of which is the whereabouts of the castle’s master, Baron Von Aux. Along the way, he encounters thieves, madmen, aristocrats, and Klara, a delicate beauty for whose love he must compete. Thus begins a tale of theft, heartbreak, mystery, and cold-blooded murder in which every aspect of humanity is laid bare for our hero to observe. Undermajordomo Minor is an adventure story, a fable without a moral, an ink-black comedy of manners, and a love story—and Lucy must be careful, for love is a violent thing.

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• Verlag: Ecco Pr
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0062281224
• ISBN 13: 9780062281227
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 317