Undermajordomo Minor (Paperback)

Lucien (Lucy) Minor is the resident odd duck in the bucolic hamlet of Bury. Friendless and loveless, young and aimless, he is a compulsive liar and a melancholy weakling. When Lucy accepts employment assisting the majordomo of the remote, forbidding castle of the Baron Von Aux he meets thieves, madmen, aristocrats, and a puppy. He also meets Klara, a delicate beauty who is, unfortunately, already involved with an exceptionally handsome partisan soldier. Thus begins a tale of polite theft, bitter heartbreak, domestic mystery and cold-blooded murder in which every aspect of human behaviour is laid bare for our hero to observe. Lucy must stay safe, and protect his puppy, because someone or something is roaming the corridors of the castle late at night. Undermajordomo Minor is a triumphant ink-black comedy of manners by the Man Booker shortlisted author of The Sisters Brothers. It is an adventure story, and a mystery, and a searing portrayal of rural Alpine bad behaviour with a brandy tart, but above all it is a love story. And Lucy must be careful, for love is a violent thing.

General

Imprint:	Granta Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2016
Authors:	Patrick DeWitt
Dimensions:	198 x 130 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	339
ISBN-13:	978-1-84708-872-7
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Promotions
LSN:	1-84708-872-4
Barcode:	9781847088727

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