A Discussion with Patrick deWitt
Oct 27, 7:00 PM–8:00 PM
Waterloo Public Library (Eastside)
2001 University Ave E, Waterloo, ON N2J 4G8, Canada
Free with registration
Organized by Waterloo Public Library (Eastside)
Get ready for an evening with internationally acclaimed, bestselling and award winning author Patrick deWitt as he discusses his most recent release, Dodge City, a rollicking novel about a young man in 1967 on an amphetamine-fueled cross-country road trip, fleeing the draft for the safe haven of Canada.
Books will be available for purchase, and a signing will follow the event.
Presented in partnership with Words Worth Books.
About Dodge City
From bestselling author Patrick deWitt comes Dodge City, a rollicking novel about a young man on an amphetamine-fueled cross-country road trip, fleeing the draft for the safe haven of Canada.
It’s 1967 in Los Angeles and Lee Clarke has received his draft notice, calling him up to fight in the Vietnam War. A straitlaced, apolitical twenty-three-year-old from Concrete, Washington, Lee is studying at UCLA until a fistfight leads to his expulsion—and his removal from the deferment list. The draft notice forces him to make the first political decision of his life, and though he’s happy in California and loves his girlfriend, he will leave the country and head for the border...