First published 1972
In a ramshackle coastal bar, a motley crew of misfits gather to drink, dream, and face their demons. An itinerant beautician, her brutish boyfriend, a lovesick short-order cook, and a despairing doctor – each nursing their own private pain. As the fog rolls in, their tenuous connections fray, and long-buried secrets threaten to tear them apart. But through the haze, a glimmer of humanity and hope remains, binding this ragged community together.
Genres: drama, literary-fiction, american-fiction, 20th-century, adult-fiction
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, intimate
Tropes: character-study, found-family
Setting: Coastal Bar
Period: 20th Century
86 pages · Hardcover · Secker and Warburg
Content warnings: alcohol-abuse, mental-illness