Reading 'Ablutions' after diving into Patrick deWitt's other works feels like stumbling into a grimy back alley after a series of elegant, darkly comic ballrooms. It’s raw, unfiltered, and almost uncomfortably personal compared to the polished absurdity of 'The Sisters Brothers' or the whimsical melancholy of 'Undermajordomo Minor'. The protagonist’s spiral in 'Ablutions' is visceral—less about plot twists and more about the suffocating weight of self-destruction. DeWitt’s signature wit is still there, but it’s buried under layers of bourbon and regret, like a joke whispered in a dive bar at 3 AM.
What fascinates me is how 'Ablutions' stands apart structurally, too. It’s written in second person, which amplifies the sense of being trapped inside the narrator’s head. While 'French Exit' feels like a champagne-fueled satire of wealth, 'Ablutions' is the hangover. It’s not for everyone, but if you crave DeWitt’s writing stripped bare of ornamentation, it’s a brutal masterpiece.
DeWitt’s 'Ablutions' is the one I keep revisiting, not because it’s his 'best' but because it’s his most unsettling. It lacks the genre playfulness of his other works, opting instead for this claustrophobic, almost voyeuristic look at addiction. The second-person narration pulls you into the muck, making it feel more like an experience than a story. While I love the quirks of 'French Exit', 'Ablutions' sticks with me like a bad dream—in the best way possible.
Comparing 'Ablutions' to deWitt’s other novels is like contrasting a rough sketch with a finished painting—both are compelling, but for wildly different reasons. While 'Undermajordomo Minor' has this fairy-tale precision and 'French Exit' glides along with razor-sharp dialogue, 'Ablutions' staggers. It’s fragmented, drunk on its own despair, and yet weirdly poetic. The characters aren’t charming outlaws or eccentric aristocrats; they’re broken people clinging to the bar rail. What unites all his books, though, is that undercurrent of loneliness. Even in the chaos of 'Ablutions', there’s that same aching humanity DeWitt nails every time.
'Ablutions' is the black sheep of deWitt’s bibliography, and I mean that as a compliment. Where 'The Sisters Brothers' plays with Western tropes and 'French Exit' skewers high society, this one feels like a midnight confessional. The prose is jagged, the humor bone-dry, and the setting—a Hollywood bar—is so vividly sleazy you can almost smell the stale beer. It’s less about narrative momentum and more about atmosphere, like a Bukowski novel filtered through deWitt’s peculiar lens. I adore how unapologetically messy it is, though it’s definitely not the book I’d recommend to someone new to his work.
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