On its way to becoming a cult classic, "Ablutions" is the
much-acclaimed debut of a literary star in the making.Enter a
famous but declining Hollywood bar. There, a barman, morbidly
amused by the decadent decay of his surroundings, establishes
tentative friendships with variously pathological regulars, all the
while making notes for his novel.But as his tenure at the bar
continues, he begins to serve himself more often than his
customers. The moments he lives outside the bar become more and
more painful: he loses his wife, his way, himself. Trapped by his
habits and his loneliness, he hatches a terrible, necessary plan of
escape, his only chance for redemption.Patrick deWitt's stunning
debut novel has been compared to the work of Charles Bukowski,
Denis Johnson, and Hunter S. Thompson. It is funny and horrifying
and beautiful and honest, the kind of book whose "dirty realism"
makes Gary Shteyngart "want to roll in the mud with" the author.
"Ablutions" is destined to be a backlist favorite for many
years.
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