Name: Ablutions
SKU: 65196074
Price: 514.00 TWD
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Author: Patrick deWitt

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Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Granta Books

Author

Patrick deWitt

Collection

Granta Shorts

Year

2026

Pages

176

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.8x12.9 cm

ISBN13

9781803513577

Ablutions

Patrick Dewitt (Author) · Granta Books · Paperback

New Book Imported to Taiwan

Delivery: 15 Sep - 23 Sep

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Synopsis "Ablutions"

'An instant classic' DazedA 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...