Dodge City
$27.99
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
29 September 2026
Summary
LONGLISTED FOR THE GILLER PRIZE 2026
‘I adored every page’ MAX PORTER
‘Warm-hearted and beautifully written’ THE TIMES
‘A rollicking, wise, superb novel’ INDEPENDENT
From the Booker-shortlisted author of The Sisters Brothers comes a thrilling novel about a young man on an amphetamine-fuelled cross-country road trip fleeing the Vietnam draft.
1967, California. Lee Clarke is a strait-laced twenty-three-year-old,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780008849146 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0008849145 |
| Author: | Patrick deWitt |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | Fourth Estate Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 29 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 153mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
‘Funny, warm-hearted and beautifully written; we can imagine the Coen brothers immediately turning it into a movie’ The Times
‘A brisk, melancholic road trip novel … Lee’s charm as a character is his Bartleby-like refusal to countenance objections to his objection’ New York Times
‘[A] decadent and daring road novel’ Marie Claire
‘Absolute brilliance ... an episodic reunion fizzing with deadpan dialogue and wry observation … every line is a joy’ Daily Mail
‘The writing is gorgeous and the novel shines with sharp and cutting descriptions … Dodge City is a rollicking, wise, superb novel – and one that offers a warning about drinking the “mythic American tonic”’ Independent
‘All Patrick deWitt’s books are exquisite company, but Dodge City feels like an especially fine and honourable acquaintance to have made. I adored every page of this wise, funny, charming novel’ Max Porter, author of Shy
‘A book for anyone who has ever thought their problems could be solved by running away. Tender, sweet, funny and I think one of deWitt’s best’ Nicole Flattery, author of Nothing Special
‘Electric, funny, and brilliantly written: Dodge City is a road trip I wanted to stay on with a cast of characters I wanted to live with for many, many, many more pages’ John Patrick McHugh, author of Fun and Games
‘I was hooked from the first page of Dodge City. Witty, moving, frustrating, rousing, strange, I loved it. I want everyone I know to read it so I have people to talk about it with’ Lou Stoppard, author of Exteriors
‘A witty, heartfelt ride. Dodge City is a supreme delight’ Jami Attenberg, author of All This Could Be Yours
‘A perfect novel … on the knife’s edge of hilarity and tenderness’ Jonathan Lethem, author of Brooklyn Crime Novel
‘Thrilling, moving’ Irish Times
‘A captivating read’ People
‘Blessed with deWitt’s lively, clipped, and surprising dialogue … [A] hero’s journey that interrogates the very meaning of life’ Booklist
Patrick deWitt
Patrick deWitt is the author of six novels including The Sisters Brothers, which won the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, the Governor General Literary Award and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2011. Born in British Columbia, Canada, he now resides in Portland, Oregon.
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