![]() ![]() ![]() Full name Lucien Minor, Lucy's the ballast to this book, a self-pitying teen with plenty to feel sorry about. Now, in Undermajordomo Minor, a folk tale of sorts, that black comedy lingers, but it's leavened with something almost more shocking than that unsheathed salami: genuine earnestness.įor this, perhaps, we have Lucy to thank. In his first two books - a seedy barroom tale, and a deadpan Western - DeWitt took delight in the dark heart of humanity, mining despair and deviance for the puckish humor he never failed to find glimmering inside. ![]() If you haven't yet cracked one of his books, suffice to say the scene I'm referring to boasts violence, sloppy nudity, acts of lewdness - and one piece of cylindrical lunchmeat, alarmingly misused. That is, at least, as far as NPR's family-friendly website is concerned. ![]() If you've opened a novel by Patrick DeWitt before, it ought to come as no surprise to find that a pivotal scene in his new one hinges on acts unprintable. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Undermajordomo Minor Author Patrick Dewitt ![]()
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