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Patrick deWitt

August 2023

  • Patrick DeWitt.

    The books of my life
    Patrick deWitt: ‘Poetry is good in moments of crisis’

    The Canadian novelist on switching on to fiction with John Steinbeck, going off the Beats, and discovering the brilliance of Joan Didion

October 2018

  • Rooftops Paris Sacre Coeur Montmartre

    French Exit by Patrick deWitt review – eccentric pleasures

    A dysfunctional mother-son duo flee to Paris in a dazzling tragicomedy from the author of The Sisters Brothers

September 2018

  • Canadian author Patrick DeWitt photographed at the Granta offices, London. Picture by David Bebber Commissioned for Saturday Review

    Books that made me
    Patrick deWitt: ‘I couldn’t finish The Magic Mountain. I was loving it, too. What happened?’

  • Canadian author Patrick DeWitt

    Books interview
    Patrick deWitt: ‘In unhappy times, the healthiest thing is to turn to humour’

April 2017

  • TIME GYASI 0192

    The age of anxiety: what does Granta’s best young authors list say about America?

    The US is in crisis - what about its literature? Michelle Dean reports on the 2017 Granta list of writers under 40, which is as diverse as the country itself

November 2015

  • 'I saw so many unhappy adults, people who loathed their jobs, and I didn’t want to be one of them' …

    A life in ...
    Patrick deWitt interview: ‘Certain writers look down their noses at plot. I was one of them – until I tried it’

    The books interview: The author and screenwriter talks about his lucky break in a bar, making readers laugh and kicking genres in the teeth

September 2015

  • Patrick deWitt

    Undermajordomo Minor by Patrick deWitt review – bittersweet fairytale

  • Patrick deWitt

    Undermajordomo Minor by Patrick deWitt review – a comic tale with a touching protagonist

August 2015

  • Jacques Audiard.

    Jacques Audiard to adapt The Sisters Brothers for English-language debut

    The Beat That My Heart Skipped director saddles up to direct western starring John C Reilly

April 2015

  • Sunrise in Portland

    Reading American cities
    Reading American cities: books about Portland

    Known as a vegan-friendly, coffee-obsessed, bike-riding haven, the Oregon city has only recently entered popular consciousness – mostly thanks to parodies of its hipsters. Jon Raymond explores the books that cast light on the best-kept secret of the Pacific Northwest

April 2012

  • Esi Edugyan

    Patrick deWitt and Esi Edugyan compete for historical fiction prize

    Canadian authors who clashed on Booker shortlist are both in the running for £25,000 Walter Scott prize

January 2012

  • Hand pouring glass of whisky

    Ablutions by Patrick deWitt – review

    The first novel from the author of The Sisters Brothers is a booze-soaked extravaganza set in a Hollywood bar, says Anthony Cummins

October 2011

  • Sue Arnold's audiobook choice
    Sue Arnold's audiobook choice – reviews

    The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt, Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan, Jamrach's Menagerie by Carol Birch and Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman

September 2011

  • Man Booker prize judges

    Booker prize shortlist breaks sales records

  • Man Booker prize shortlist

    Man Booker prize shortlist includes first western and novel by care worker

  • Alan Hollinghurst

    Booker prize 2011 shortlist drops Hollinghurst in favour of first-timers

  • Man Booker prize 2011 shortlist

    Man Booker prize 2011 shortlist - in pictures

July 2011

  • The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt – review

    Jane Smiley follows a reluctant assassin on a wild west odyssey

April 2009

  • Ablutions

  • Ablutions

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