- Title:
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The Dishwasher
- Written by:
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Stéphane Larue
- Read by:
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Robert Naylor
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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11
- Duration:
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12 hours 16 minutes
- Published:
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June 01 2020
- Available Date:
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June 01 2020
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9780655681007
- Genres:
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Fiction; Literary Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Audible audio
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Format
Price
Bolinda price
Debut novel
A vivid, magnificent debut, The Dishwasher plunges us into a world in which everyone depends on each other – for better and for worse.
It’s October in Montreal, 2002, and winter is coming on fast. Past due on his first freelance gig and ensnared in lies to his family and friends, a graphic design student with a gambling addiction goes after the first job that promises a paycheck: dishwasher at the sophisticated La Trattoria.
Though he feels out of place in the posh dining room, warned by the manager not to enter through the front and coolly assessed by the waitstaff in their tailored shirts, nothing could have prepared him for the tension and noise of the kitchen, or the dishpit’s clamor and steam.
Thrust on his first night into a roiling cast of characters all moving with the whirlwind speed of the evening rush, it’s not long before he finds himself in over his head once again.
A vivid, magnificent debut, The Dishwasher plunges us into a world in which everyone depends on each other – for better and for worse.
'A Québécois bestseller thankfully arrives for English readers. One can see how this bleak bildungsroman attracted so much attention in Canada...[The Dishwasher] reads like a cross between the dearly departed Anthony Bourdain and Stephanie Danler’s Sweetbitter, combining the complicated life of a kitchen wretch with a highly literate voice ... hypnotising.'
Kirkus Reviews
'A perfectly crafted story...the narrator’s conquest of his gambling addiction ebbs and flows, marked by success and failure, hope and defeat...The Dishwasher is a thoughtful examination of a young man at the end of his options – a humanising, emotive, and entertaining tale of personal growth.'
Foreword Reviews
'Utterly absorbing ... [an] engrossing look at addiction, city life, music, and work.'
Book Riot