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The librarianist : a novel / Patrick deWitt. by deWitt, Patrick, 1975- Anansi, 2023. Call #: FICTION DEW Subjects Librarians -- Fiction.   Memory -- Fiction.   Older people -- Fiction.   Self-acceptance -- Fiction. ISBN:  9781487009915 (hc.) Description:  342 p. ; 24 cm. Summary:  "Bob Comet is a retired librarian passing his solitary days surrounded by books in a mint-colored house in Portland, Oregon. One morning on his daily walk he encounters a confused elderly woman lost in a market and returns her to the senior center that is her home. Hoping to fill the void he's known since retiring, he begins volunteering at the center. Here, as a community of strange peers 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 straight man facade is the story of an unhappy child's runaway adventure during the last days of the Second World War, of true love won and stolen away, of the purpose and pride found in the librarian's vocation, and the pleasures of a life lived to the side of the masses. Comet's experiences are imbued with melancholy but also a bright, sustained comedy; he has a talent for locating bizarre and outsized players to welcome onto the stage of his life. With his inimitable verve, skewed humor, and compassion for the outcast, Patrick deWitt has written a wide-ranging and ambitious document of the introvert's condition. The Librarianist celebrates the extraordinary in the so-called ordinary life, and depicts beautifully the turbulence that sometimes exists beneath a surface of serenity."--Provided by publisher. Genre:  Psychological fiction. Canadian fiction. Holds:  16   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION DEW Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Bedford Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION DEW Adult books Item being held   Add Copy to MyList Bedford Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION DEW Adult books Checked out Jul 03, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION DEW Adult books Item being held   Add Copy to MyList Woodlawn Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION DEW Adult books Item being held   Add Copy to MyList Woodlawn Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION DEW Adult books Item being held   Add Copy to MyList Woodlawn Public Library Rapid Reads FICTION DEW Adult Rapid Reads Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Fiction FICTION DEW Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Fiction FICTION DEW Adult books Checked out Jul 09, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Fiction FICTION DEW Adult books Checked out Aug 12, 2024 Add Copy to MyList More Results: 1 2 Next

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