{"product_id":"ablutions-notes-for-a-novel-9780547335711","title":"Ablutions: Notes for a Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a famous but declining Hollywood bar works A Barman. Morbidly amused by the decadent decay of his surroundings, he watches the patrons fall into their nightly oblivion, making notes for his novel. In the hope of uncovering their secrets and motives, he establishes tentative friendships with the cast of variously pathological regulars. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut as his tenure at the bar continues, he begins to serve himself more often than his customers, and 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 realizes he will not survive if he doesn't break free. And so he hatches a terrible, necessary plan of escape and his only chance for redemption. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStep into \u003ci\u003eAblutions\u003c\/i\u003e and step behind the bar, below rock bottom, and beyond the everyday take on storytelling for a brilliant, new twist on the classic tale of addiction and its consequences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick DeWitt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780547335711\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeWitt, Patrick:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePatrick deWitt \u003c\/strong\u003eis the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Librarianist \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eFrench Exit \u003c\/em\u003e(both national bestsellers); \u003cem\u003eThe Sisters Brothers \u003c\/em\u003e(a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestseller short-listed for the Booker Prize); and the critically acclaimed \u003cem\u003eUndermajordomo Minor \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eAblutions\u003c\/em\u003e. Born in British Columbia, Canada, he now resides in Portland, Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Patrick DeWitt \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48229118967965,"sku":"9780547335711","price":25.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_162006ad-af44-4125-a828-47c0b4a723a6.jpg?v=1778575597","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/ablutions-notes-for-a-novel-9780547335711","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}