First published 2014
McGlue wakes up in the hold, too drunk to recall the night's events. He may have killed his best friend. As sobriety returns, so do the intolerable memories that haunt him. In this nasty, heartless tale, Moshfegh takes readers on a literary journey into the depths of a blackguard's mind.
Genres: fiction, addiction, 20th-century, 21st-century
Vibes: dark, emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
Period: 20th Century, 21st Century
160 pages · Paperback · Penguin Books
Content warnings: alcohol-abuse, death, mental-illness, murder