books.google.com - On an island composed of fragments from an international postindustrial culture, a group of contemporary exiles, all underemployed or misemployed, wander aimlessly from bar to bar and lover to lover while endlessly discussing their shattered lives...http://books.google.com/books/about/Long_Talking_Bad_Conditions_Blues.html?id=7j7BDEdjIq0C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareLong Talking, Bad Conditions, Blues