The librarianist [Paperback]
deWitt, Patrick, 1975-2023
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"Bob Comet is a retired librarian, isolated but not lonely, living out his quiet days in a mint-coloured house in Oregon, surrounded by his books and small comforts. One morning, out on his daily walk, he performs an act of kindness that brings him into contact with a nearby senior centre, where he soon begins volunteering. Here, as a community of peers and friends gathers around Bob, and following a happenstance 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 plain facade is the story of an unhappy child's runaway adventure, of true love found and stolen away, of the purpose and pride found in vocation, and the ultimate acceptance of a life lived to the side of the masses. The Librarianist is a wide-ranging and ambitious homage to the life lived through and for literature. With his inimitable verve, skewed humour, and compassion for the outcast, deWitt celebrates the extraordinary in the so-called ordinary life, and depicts beautifully the turbulence that sometimes exists beneath a surface of serenity"--
Main title:
The librarianist [Paperback] / Patrick deWitt.
Author:
deWitt, Patrick, 1975-, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023.©2023
Collation:
342 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781526646934978152664693497815266469349781526646897
Dewey class:
813.6
Language:
English
BRN:
537742
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Fiction - General | DEWI | Onloan - Due: 15 Jul 2025 |
| Brighton Library | Adult Fiction - General | DEWI | Available |
| Brighton Library | Adult Fiction - General | DEWI | Onloan - Due: 26 Jul 2025 |
| Sandringham Library | Adult Fiction - General | DEWI | Available |