Patrick deWitt recommends 6 books that are both dark and funny

The author suggests works by Frank Conroy, Leonard Gardner and more

Patrick deWitt
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Patrick deWitt is the author of the darkly comic novels "The Sisters Brothers" and "French Exit," both of which have been adapted into acclaimed films. His new novel, "The Librarianist," makes a quiet hero of a bookish introvert.

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