WINNER OF THE AMAZON CANADA FIRST NOVEL AWARD - NOMINATED FOR
CANADA READS - A NEW YORK TIMES NEW & NOTEWORTHY BOOK - A NOW
MAGAZINE BEST BOOK TO READ FOR SUMMER 2019 - As heard on CBC's The
Sunday Edition with Michael Enright
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, with a soundtrack by Iron Maiden, The Dishwasher
plunges us into a world in which everyone depends on each other--for
better and for worse.