Undermajordomo Minor

By Patrick DeWitt,

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Book description

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,…

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1 author picked Undermajordomo Minor as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This is an odd book, in the best way. At no point did I have any idea where the story was going - it was fresh and unexpected and amusing and yet somehow a comfort read? I can't explain it - the author did something entirely new. Some of the situations and dialogue had a Monty Python-esque tone which was a delight.

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