🎄🎁 DEAD INK ADVENT DAY 21 🎁🎄 Michael is the Dead Ink Bookshop manager, who spends his days drinking vast quantities of tea, reading translated fiction from problematic dead men, organising bookshop events and keeping the shelves stocked with literary delights and fancy boy treats. His book of the year is JERNIGAN by David Gates. An acerbic, gin-sodden bleak comedy about a man who, in his fear at losing everything, chooses to push it all away with his caustic humour and alcoholism. You can't lose what you destroy, after all. Call it a midlife crisis, or eccentrics, or a cry for help, whatever helps you sleep at night. It's all a laugh, isn't it? Reissued by serpentstail, the original novel was Gate's debut in 1991, and both it and its histrionic protagonist remain charismatic and engaging for a whole new generation fearful of aging into their next decade. Do you read bleaker than Michael? Tell us your book of year in the comments! We'd love to hear your favourites! #bookofthe...