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Walt
Walt | Russell Wangersky
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From author Russell Wangersky, comes a dark, psychological thriller about a man named Walt, a grocery store cleaner who collects the shopping lists people leave in the store and discard without thought. In his fifties, abandoned, he says, by his now-missing wife Mary, Walt is pursued by police detectives unsatisfied with the answers he's given about her disappearance. Almost invisible to the people who pass him every day, the grocery lists he collects, written on everything from cancelled cheques to mortgage statements to office stationary, give him a personal hold over those who both ignore him and unwittingly disclose facets of their lives to him. When a new cold case squad is formed in St. John's to look into Mary's disappearance, the detectives begin to realize that Walt may be involved in more than just his wife's disappearance. Set in modern-day Newfoundland, and told from the perspectives of the killer, the victim and the police, after reading Walt, you'll be sure to never let your shopping list fall to the floor ever again.
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Walt | Russell Wangersky
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LeahBergen
Walt | Russell Wangersky
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Wow. I just finished Knausgaard's book and feel eviscerated. Now I need to shake it off with something completely different. Walt is a grocery store janitor who collects discarded shopping lists and then follows up with a little more digging into the shoppers' lives. I'm not very far into this one but it is safe to say I will NEVER be leaving a shopping list in my grocery cart again. 😳

Books_Wine_Repeat This is why I use a grocery list app. 😳😳😳 8y
shawnmooney I'm so glad you 'enjoyed' Knausgaard! I loved it, and two or so years later finally feel ready to tackle volume II. Soon, within the next month or two. 8y
GuiltyFeat I'm four volumes in to the Knausgaard series and they are mesmerizing and spectacular. 8y
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Hobbinol I'm with him all the way. My new favorite writer. I think he's all that and a bag of... rye crisps? 8y
LeahBergen @shawnmooney I loved it! I will wait a little bit and then off to #2 I go! 8y
LeahBergen @Books_Wine_Repeat Uh huh. I'm switching over. 😬 8y
LeahBergen @GuiltyFeat I am enthralled and will definitely be buying the second! 8y
LeahBergen @Hobbinol I really loved it. And yes... He is all that and a bag of rye crisps (Ryvetas?) Or maybe just all that and ... a bunch of sandwiches with really bizarre Scandinavian toppings! What is UP with that? 😂 8y
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