Ablutions (e-bog) af deWitt, Patrick
deWitt, Patrick (forfatter)

Ablutions e-bog

98,78 DKK (inkl. moms 123,48 DKK)
A nameless barman tends a decaying bar in Hollywood and takes notes for a book about his clientele. Initially, he is morbidly amused by watching the regulars roll in and fall into their nightly oblivion, pitying them and their loneliness. In hopes of uncovering their secrets and motives, he establishes tentative friendships with them. He also knocks back pills indiscriminately and treats himsel...
E-bog 98,78 DKK
Forfattere deWitt, Patrick (forfatter)
Forlag Granta Books
Udgivet 1 september 2011
Længde 224 sider
Genrer FA
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781847086013
A nameless barman tends a decaying bar in Hollywood and takes notes for a book about his clientele. Initially, he is morbidly amused by watching the regulars roll in and fall into their nightly oblivion, pitying them and their loneliness. In hopes of uncovering their secrets and motives, he establishes tentative friendships with them. He also knocks back pills indiscriminately and treats himself to gallons of Jameson's. But as his tenure at the bar continues, he begins to lose himself, trapped by addiction and indecision. When his wife leaves him, he embarks on a series of squalidly random sexual encounters and a downward spiral of self-damage and irrational violence. To cleanse himself and save his soul, he attempts to escape ...