Ablutions

Summary: From the author of the award-winning The Sisters Brothers comes a dark, boozy, and hilarious tale from the LA underworld. 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 lo.

Record details

ISBN: 9781770892156
ISBN: 177089215X
Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (176 p.)
Publisher: New York : House of Anansi Press, 2012.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:	One; Two; Three; Four; Acknowledgements; QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.