{"product_id":"dodge-city-9780008849146","title":"Dodge City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE GILLER PRIZE 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘I adored every page’ \u003c\/strong\u003eMAX PORTER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Warm-hearted and beautifully written’ \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A rollicking, wise, superb novel’ \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eINDEPENDENT\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the Booker-shortlisted author of \u003cem\u003eThe Sisters Brothers\u003c\/em\u003e comes a thrilling novel about a young man on an amphetamine-fuelled cross-country road trip fleeing the Vietnam draft.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e1967, California. Lee Clarke is a strait-laced twenty-three-year-old, happily in love and ambling along at college until an ill-advised fistfight leads to his expulsion. Soon, he receives his draft notice to serve in the Vietnam War, which forces Lee to make the first political decision of his life: he will leave the country and his girlfriend and head for the Canadian border.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe signs up at a drive-away car delivery service, chancing into a new Jaguar bound for the East Coast. Carrying only a single suitcase and a bag of amphetamines, Lee knows he can’t go without saying his goodbyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn four different towns strung out along the US, Lee visits each member of his family: his father, an alcoholic World War Two veteran; his mother, engaged in a buoyantly manic performance with her shut-in sibling; his heartbroken, misanthropic brother Harry; and finally his twin sister, Grace, a brash, young psychiatric nurse-in-training mired in romantic drama. 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He can’t help but wonder, what will his decision to leave mean for his future?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA beautiful, sweeping and raucous portrait of a family in disarray and a country in flux, \u003cem\u003eDodge City\u003c\/em\u003e confirms deWitt as one of our most brilliant satirists and a novelist of staggering heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eTIMES \u003c\/em\u003eMOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A book for anyone who has ever thought their problems could be solved by running away’ \u003c\/strong\u003eNICOLE FLATTERY, author of \u003cem\u003eNothing Special\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Fizzing with deadpan dialogue and wry observation … every line is a joy’ \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Electric, funny, and brilliantly written’ \u003c\/strong\u003eJOHN PATRICK McHUGH, author of \u003cem\u003eFun and Games\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A witty, heartfelt ride. \u003cem\u003eDodge City\u003c\/em\u003e is a supreme delight’\u003c\/strong\u003e JAMI ATTENBERG, author of\u003cem\u003e All This Could Be Yours\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9780008849146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 29 Sep 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 23.4(H)x15.3(L)x2.1(W)270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 270\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatrick deWitt is the author of six novels including \u003cem\u003eThe Sisters Brothers\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eFunny, warm-hearted and beautifully written\u003c\/strong\u003e; we can imagine the Coen brothers immediately turning it into a movie’ \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eA brisk, melancholic road trip novel\u003c\/strong\u003e … Lee’s charm as a character is his Bartleby-like refusal to countenance objections to his objection’ \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘[A] \u003cstrong\u003edecadent and daring\u003c\/strong\u003e road novel’\u003cem\u003e Marie Claire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eAbsolute brilliance .\u003c\/strong\u003e.. an episodic reunion fizzing with deadpan dialogue and wry observation … \u003cstrong\u003eevery line is a joy\u003c\/strong\u003e’ \u003cem\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘The writing is gorgeous and the novel shines with sharp and cutting descriptions … \u003cem\u003eDodge City\u003c\/em\u003e is \u003cstrong\u003ea rollicking, wise, superb novel\u003c\/strong\u003e – and one that offers a warning about drinking the “mythic American tonic”’ \u003cem\u003eIndependent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘All Patrick deWitt’s books are exquisite company, but \u003cem\u003eDodge City\u003c\/em\u003e feels like an especially fine and honourable acquaintance to have made. \u003cstrong\u003eI adored every page \u003c\/strong\u003eof this wise, funny, charming novel’ Max Porter, author of \u003cem\u003eShy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A book for anyone who has ever thought their problems could be solved by running away. \u003cstrong\u003eTender, sweet, funny\u003c\/strong\u003e and I think one of deWitt's best’ Nicole Flattery, author of \u003cem\u003eNothing Special\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eElectric, funny, and brilliantly written\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cem\u003eDodge City\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eFun and Games\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘I was hooked from the first page of \u003cem\u003eDodge City\u003c\/em\u003e. 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