Paul Theroux – Hotel Honolulu (EPUB)
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Title: Hotel Honolulu
Author: Paul Theroux
Language: English
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780547526331
Subjects: Fiction, Literature, Fiction Subjects, Literary Fiction, Motivations – Fiction, Settings & Atmosphere – Fiction, Humorous Fiction, Hedonism & Decadence – Fiction, Hotels, Motels & Inns – Fiction, Satire
Author: Paul Theroux
Language: English
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780547526331
Subjects: Fiction, Literature, Fiction Subjects, Literary Fiction, Motivations – Fiction, Settings & Atmosphere – Fiction, Humorous Fiction, Hedonism & Decadence – Fiction, Hotels, Motels & Inns – Fiction, Satire
A writer turned Hawaiian hotel manager observes the many lives that pass through his rooms in this novel by the author of The Great Railway Bazaar.
A New York Times Notable Book
In this wickedly satiric romp, a down-on-his-luck writer finds escape from his life as the manager of a low-rent hotel a few blocks from the beach in Waikiki. His boss is quick to explain that the Hotel Honolulu is a multistory establishment—and the writer soon discovers just how many stories are contained in its walls.
Honeymooners, vacationers, wanderers, mythomaniacs, soldiers, and families all check in. Like the Canterbury pilgrims, every guest has come in search of something, whether it’s sun, love, happiness, or objects of unnameable longing. And every guest—not to mention the staff, the owner, and the author himself—has a story. By turns hilarious, ribald, tender, and tragic, Hotel Honolulu offers a unique glimpse into…
A New York Times Notable Book
In this wickedly satiric romp, a down-on-his-luck writer finds escape from his life as the manager of a low-rent hotel a few blocks from the beach in Waikiki. His boss is quick to explain that the Hotel Honolulu is a multistory establishment—and the writer soon discovers just how many stories are contained in its walls.
Honeymooners, vacationers, wanderers, mythomaniacs, soldiers, and families all check in. Like the Canterbury pilgrims, every guest has come in search of something, whether it’s sun, love, happiness, or objects of unnameable longing. And every guest—not to mention the staff, the owner, and the author himself—has a story. By turns hilarious, ribald, tender, and tragic, Hotel Honolulu offers a unique glimpse into…
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