{"product_id":"9780008781347","title":"Dodge City by deWitt, Patrick","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  deWitt, Patrick \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 29 September 2026 by HarperCollins Publishers (Fourth Estate Ltd) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 256 pages\u003cbr\u003e144 x 225 x 27 | 368g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE GILLER PRIZE 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Playful, charming and warm’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘I adored every page’ MAX PORTER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘A rollicking, wise, superb novel’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e INDEPENDENT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  From the Booker-shortlisted author of The Sisters Brothers comes a thrilling novel about a young man on an amphetamine-fuelled cross-country road trip fleeing the Vietnam draft.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  1967, 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\u003e He 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\u003e In 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. As Lee makes his stimulated progress across the country, his past keeps rising to meet him. He can’t help but wonder, what will his decision to leave mean for his future?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A beautiful, sweeping and raucous portrait of a family in disarray and a country in flux, Dodge City confirms deWitt as one of our most brilliant satirists and a novelist of staggering heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A TIMES MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Funny, warm-hearted and beautifully written’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e THE TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘He is a master of arch dialogue’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e GUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘A book for anyone who has ever thought their problems could be solved by running away’ NICOLE FLATTERY, author of Nothing Special\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Fizzing with deadpan dialogue and wry observation … every line is a joy’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e DAILY MAIL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Electric, funny, and brilliantly written’ JOHN PATRICK McHUGH, author of Fun and Games\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘A witty, heartfelt ride. Dodge City is a supreme delight’ JAMI ATTENBERG, author of All This Could Be Yours\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘A portrait of both a family and a nation in crisis’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e FINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Lee’s charm as a character is his Bartleby-like refusal to countenance objections to his objection’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cover to Cover","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67823701131324,"sku":"9780008781347","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0622\/0113\/5164\/files\/9780008781347.jpg?v=1792752759","url":"https:\/\/cover-to-cover-mumbles.myshopify.com\/products\/9780008781347","provider":"Cover To Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}