Description |
223 pages ; 23 cm |
Note |
Statement of responsibility from spine. The Drunken Spelunker s Guide to Plato is based on Plato s Allegory of the Cave from The Republic. In this novel, the Cave is a dank basement bar in the small Southern town of Waterville, overflowing with cheap beer, good blues, and local oddballs. There s Vera, the tough but tender owner; Pancho, the philosophical piano tuner; Billy Joe, the former rising star back home after a stop in Memphis; and Commie Tom, the exceedingly generous proprietor of the Hammer and Sickle Bookstore. The newest bartender is whip-smart tomboy Josie, who hopped a bus from the Appalachian backwoods on a quest to discover who she is and where she belongs. What she finds is the Cave and the love of a charming regular named Danny. Armed with lessons from mythology and Plato s philosophy, Josie navigates the ups and downs of first love and begins to understand that something much greater is waiting for her just outside the Cave. |
Subject |
Single women -- Fiction.
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Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Fiction.
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Subculture -- Fiction.
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Bars (Drinking establishments) (OCoLC)fst00827779
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Single women. (OCoLC)fst01119452
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Subculture. (OCoLC)fst01136426
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Genre/Form |
Allegories.
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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ISBN |
9780895876515 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0895876515 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780895876522 electronic book |
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0895876523 electronic book |
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