I think you’re either a fan of Patrick deWitt’s style of humour or you’re absolutely not. It could be described as ‘quirky’ but I loathe that word, so instead I’ll go with bizarro. Anyway, his latest novel, The Librarianist, is classic deWitt.

Bob Comet is a retired librarian living in Portland, Oregon and passing his days surrounded by books and small comforts.

When the work was over there was the maintenance of his home and person and of course his reading, which was a living thing, always moving, eluding, growing, and he knew it could not end, that it was never meant to end. Continue reading →