“Urgent … Sometimes, when the call comes from a despotic government to commit violence against your conscience, the bravest thing you can do is refuse.” — The New York Times

“Keenly observed and wryly humorous … deWitt’s elegiac novel is good company for dark days.” —Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW

“A captivating read.” —People

“Decadent and daring.” —Marie Claire 

“Funny, warm-hearted and beautifully written; we can imagine the Coen brothers immediately turning it into a movie.” —The Times

“A wild, witty road trip across 1960s America.” — Financial Times

“DeWitt has the cowboy novelist’s flair for quirky characters and idiosyncratic dialogue that make a hero’s journey propulsive and hard not to root for.” —The Walrus

“Blessed with deWitt's lively, clipped, and surprising dialogue … [Dodge City is a] hero’s journey that interrogates the very meaning of life.” —Booklist

“Understated and quietly humorous … Dodge City is a lively on-the-road novel with lighthearted—and existential—moments.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Reader, I understand that I’m supposed to entice you with a comparison like ‘What if Hal Ashby directed a Charles Portis book?’ but what’s troubling me is that Dodge City appears to be an instance of a perfect novel, which, by my account is a thing a novel is never allowed to be, especially one that is poised like this on the knife’s edge of hilarity and tenderness. So I’d better read it again and find some flaw and get back to you.” —Jonathan Lethem

“All Patrick deWitt’s books are exquisite company, but Dodge City feels like an especially fine and honourable acquaintance to have made. I adored every page of this wise, funny, charming novel.” —Max Porter, author of Shy and Grief Is the Thing with Feathers

“A rollicking, wise, superb novel.” —The Independent

“DeWitt expounds on themes of self-preservation and escape as each character addresses consequential decisions and their repercussions in this deceptively light work.” —Shelf Awareness

“A witty, heartfelt ride. Dodge City is a supreme delight.” —Jami Attenberg, author of A Reason to See You Again and The Middlesteins

“Dodge City is a book for anyone who has ever thought their problems could be solved by running away. Tender, sweet, funny, and I think one of deWitt's best.” —Nicole Flattery, author of Nothing Special

“Electric, funny, and brilliantly written: Dodge City is a road trip I wanted to stay on with a cast of characters I wanted to live with for many, many, many more pages. There is romance here, there is a quiet heart that will knock you sideways, there is a family that will make you queasy in all their complexities and realness.” —John Patrick McHugh, author of Fun and Games

“I was hooked from the first page of Dodge City. Witty, moving, frustrating, rousing, strange, I loved it. I want everyone I know to read it, so I have people to talk about it with.” —Lou Stoppard, author of Exteriors

“A moving, sometimes sad and often funny look at a country in turmoil and a family in various stages of disarray.” —Vancouver Sun

“[Dodge City] admirably captures a conflicted young man from a dysfunctional family living in an era of unsettling change.” — Bookpage

“A brisk, lean read that contains many of the same winning ingredients as the two-time Giller finalist’s work, particularly his gift for the rhythms of conversational dialogue and the humour and absurdities of living.” —Zoomer