i wish god were alive to see this

An Haunting.

Amazing, amazing news today. Patrick deWitt, author of the best selling Teardrops release 'Help Yourself Help Yourself' has gotten a book deal for his first novel, 'Ablutions', with mammoth publisher Harcourt. How incredible is that? More news on this as it unfolds, but I believe you will be able to hold a hard cover copy in your very own hands by this time next year.

From Dennis Cooper's blog - "One of our own, Patrick deWitt, whose book 'Help Yourself Help Yourself' was recently spotlit here on the blog just had his first novel Ablutions, a piece of which was included in the Userlands anthology, accepted by the major publisher Harcourt. So this is great for him, for us, and for new adventurous fiction in general. The future is really beginning to rule."