Patrick Dewitt: Ablutions [2012] paperback Condition:New Nominated for the CILIP CARNEGIE

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Patrick Dewitt: Ablutions [2012] paperback Condition:New Nominated for the CILIP CARNEGIEA 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