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Ablutions: Notes For A Novel (2009)

by Patrick deWitt(Favorite Author)

3.63 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0151014981 (ISBN13: 9780151014989)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

review 1: 3.5 out of 5 stars.Ablutions is an interesting, experimental exercise in writing. Although the second person narrative was distracting and initially alienating to me as a reader, deWitt's talent succeeds in holding it together. It's seedy and depressing, yet darkly humourous. In the end, I felt like I was swirling at the bottom of a vodka bottle and although I'm not sure this is where I wanted to be for 150+ pages, the dirty mood and feel deWitt creates is unique, consistent and very, very effective.
review 2: We weren’t familiar with Patrick Dewitt until The Sisters Brothers was published. Since then, we’ve been obsessed with him. Ablutions is his first novel, and it sparkles with all the loveably pathetic characters and deadpan storytelling that drew us ... moreto Dewitt in the first place. Read on for the tale of a Barman who gets wrapped up in the lives of his patrons while trying to write a novel based on their conversations. less

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