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Ablutions

Ablutions

by Patrick deWitt

Drama (dramatic works by one author)Fiction, generalHollywood (los angeles, calif.), fictionNew York Times reviewedBars (Drinking establishments)
4.0
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About this book

"Picture yourself as a bartender, sipping top-shelf whisky and watching your customers descend into nightly oblivion. Your heart is broken by the world around you and, leaving the whisky aside, you hatch a devious, unthinkable plan of escape."--Page 4 of cover.

Themes & subjects

Drama (dramatic works by one author)Fiction, generalHollywood (los angeles, calif.), fictionNew York Times reviewedBars (Drinking establishments)Drama

Author

Patrick deWitt

Pages

176

Read time

≈ 4h

Editions

8

Language

English

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers

ISBN

9781847080950

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