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Open Preview See a Problem? Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Beware the Solitary Drinker by Cornelius Lehane. Worlds within worlds-enter into a very special culture with unwritten rules But when one-a tarnished but innocent young woman seduced by New York's bright lights and glitter-is murdered, and another battered innocent charged with killing her, he reluctan Worlds within worlds-enter into a very special culture with unwritten rules But when one-a tarnished but innocent young woman seduced by New York's bright lights and glitter-is murdered, and another battered innocent charged with killing her, he reluctantly begins his own investigation.
Brian's enthusiasm for the chase is given a boost with the arrival of the dead girl's sister, a young business woman from Massachusetts, equally bent on uncovering the killer. She's put off by his jaded attitude and offbeat lifestyle, but comes to rely upon his familiarity with the city's darker underside.
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Brian, in turn, enlists the aid of a cadre of neighborhood cronies. A leftist politically, a dedicated union man, Brian learns that when you dig into people's lives, rich or poor, you find things kept hidden for good reason. Now I have even less of a reason to go to a bar to drink.
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It is a horribly sad place for horribly sad and lonely people. I definitely prefer to be sad and lonely on my own.
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Brian McNulty, a bartender at Oscar's in Manhattan narrates the story. A pretty young woman who has been a frequent patron of the bar gets murdered and Brian, at first quite unwillingly, undertakes a private investigation. Towards the end, the novel turns from refreshingly quirky into a rather standard whodunit, and the climax of the plot, with two typically implausible cinematic scenes, is quite a bit ridiculous.
Good writing and some memorable fragments of prose save the novel for me. For instance, there's a wonderful scene of a visit to a newspaper magnate and Wall Street tycoon, a funny snippet of prose about the arrogance of rats on the streets of New York, and many others. Lehane quite amusingly presents Brian's strongly anti-establishment opinions and his continual defense of the poor who are oppressed by the rich.
I happen not to entirely disagree with the view, so I find the sociological layer of the novel quite interesting. And one last good thing about the author - he manages to finish the book in well under pages.
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