![]() Just as fascinating is the cast of minor characters. These are the traits that make Lucy the perfect guide through deWitt’s gothic world. A liar, a coward, a man who really does not much from life but passionate nonetheless. Lucy Minor is a fascinating protagonist while being a hard character to like. Lucy befriends two of the villagers – Memel and Mewe and falls hard for the beautiful Klara who is betrothed to a soldier fighting a not too distant war. Lucy is warned to lock his door at night as strange creatures haunt the castle. Even the Duchess has left, and the Duke himself is never seen. On arrival, Lucy finds that Olderclough’s previous assistant has disappeared in mysterious circumstances and that only one other member of staff is left in the once grand castle. He lands himself a job as assistant to Olderclough, the majordomo of the Castle von Aux. ![]() Undermajordomo Minor, set somewhere in Europe, sometime in the nineteenth century comes complete with castles, dukes, battles, pickpockets, chambermaids and the titular majordomo. Patrick deWitt has gone into fractured fairytale territory in his latest novel. ![]()
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