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Beschreibung
'An instant classic' Dazed

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...
'An instant classic' Dazed

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...
Über den Autor
Patrick Dewitt's first novel, Ablutions, was published by Granta Books in 2009. His second novel, The Sisters Brothers won the Govenor General Literary Award and was shortlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize. He has since written three more novels: Undermajordomo Minor, French Exit and The Librarianist. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2026
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Granta Shorts
Inhalt: 176 S.
ISBN-13: 9781803513577
ISBN-10: 1803513578
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Witt, Patrick de
Hersteller: Granta Publications
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 195 x 131 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Patrick de Witt
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.04.2026
Gewicht: 0,126 kg
Artikel-ID: 134953444