The weird and wonderful worlds of Patrick deWitt

Canadian author and screenwriter Patrick deWitt has a penchant for weirdos and non-heroes. His books include Man Booker shortlisted The Sisters Brothers, a Western featuring sibling assassins, Ablutions, narrated by an alcoholic bartender, deviant fairytale Undermajordomo Minor, and French Exit, in which a mother and son flee to Paris with their cat whose body her late husband's soul has transmogrified. His latest is The Librarianist which follows introverted bookworm Bob Comet as he makes a late-life bid to connect.