The Librarianist

2023 novel by Patrick deWitt

The Librarianist

First edition cover (US)

Author| Patrick deWitt
Language| English
Publisher| House of Anansi Press
(Canada)
Ecco Press
(US)

Publication date

| July 4, 2023
Media type| Print, e-book, audiobook
Pages| 352 pages
ISBN| 978-1-4870-0991-5 (Canada)
978-0-06-308512-1
(US)

The Librarianist is a 2023 novel by Canadian-born author Patrick deWitt. It was published on July 4, 2023, by House of Anansi Press[1] and Ecco Press. It follows a retired librarian named Bob Comet and is billed as a "wide-ranging and ambitious document of the introvert's condition."[2]

## Reception

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Kirkus Reviews, in a starred review, deemed it "a quietly effective and moving character study."[3]

Sam Sacks of The Wall Street Journal called it "Mr. deWitt's smoothest book by far, one more prone than usual to clichés [...] but also more warmhearted. It shares the attributes of its hero: likable, unshowy, somewhat dull but reliably soothing."[4]

It was the winner of the 2024 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour.[5]

## References

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1. ^ "The Librarianist". House of Anansi Press. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
2. ^ "The Librarianist". HarperCollins. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
3. ^ "THE LIBRARIANIST". Kirkus Reviews. April 10, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
4. ^ Sacks, Sam (June 30, 2023). "Fiction: 'The Librarianist' by Patrick deWitt". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on July 1, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
5. ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Patrick deWitt wins 2024 Leacock Medal". Quill & Quire, June 24, 2024.

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* The Sisters Brothers (2011)
* Undermajordomo Minor (2015)
* French Exit (2018)
* The Librarianist (2023)

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* The Sisters Brothers (2018)
* French Exit (2020)

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