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The Trouble with the Horses

Patrick deWitt

‘We did not believe in naming horses but they were given to us as partial payment for the last job with the names intact, so that was that.’

Patrick deWitt

Patrick Dewitt's writing has appeared in several US magazines and anthologies. His first novel, Ablutions, was published by Granta Books in 2009. He had previously published a short book of random writings and bad advice, Help Yourself Help Yourself. His second novel, The Sisters Brothers won the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, the Govenor General Literary Award and was shortlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

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