During five days in the midst of a hot, steamy Louisiana summer, the lives of a colorful cast of characters intertwine in a series of public, private, and personal dramas at the famed St. Gregory luxury hotel. Book available.
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"Predictable" and "formulaic" aptly describe this Arthur Hailey novel, which follow a cast of characters whose loves and lives converge at the luxurious St. Gregory Hotel in New Orleans. Yet through skillful abridgment and Victor Garber's ability to depict characters with various accents, this fast-paced audiobook is quite enjoyable. It would make great listening for a long trip. A.A.B. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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Hotel: Surprising complex and thought provoking,
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Wow! I was not expecting this book to be so rich in detail, context, theme and character development. On one level it's just a very descriptive outline of 5 days in the life of a luxury hotel in New Orleans in the early 1960s. Hotel also takes a critical stance in the civil rights issues of the era. Through carefully crafted characters, it comes out pro-desegregation but does it without wielding a heavy hand. Then at the individual characters and vignettes, the book is about karma and how little decissions can add up to either good things happening or extremely bad things happening.
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Amazing! One of the best books I have ever read!,
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This review is from: Hotel (Simple English) (Mass Market Paperback)
This is Arthur Hailey at the top of his form. I have never read a book that was so engrossing with characters with such great development. The plot never stops going, right until the very end. The plot twists were ones I never thought of. I love this book!
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Good stories never seem to get dated,
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I was attracted to this book after I seeing it on the shelf (while looking for Alex Haley's "Roots") and reading the forward. The development of the intertwining plots held me for the length of the book and reading the last 30 pages left me with a feeling of a job well done (both for me and the author).
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If he had had his way, Peter McDermott thought, he would have fired the chief house detective long ago. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
chief house officer, number four elevator, main mezzanine, night checker, bell captain, hotel magnate, second detective, hotel proprietor, house detective, hotel garage, trim ring, credit manager, room clerk Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Warren Trent, Curtis O'Keefe, New Orleans, Albert Wells, Duchess of Croydon, Herbie Chandler, Aloysius Royce, Duke of Croydon, Presidential Suite, New York, Miss Francis, Captain Yolles, Miss Preyscott, Tom Earlshore, Gregory Hotel, Lyle Dumaire, Royall Edwards, Stanley Dixon, Emile Dumaire, Marsha Preyscott, Canal Street, Keycase Milne, Sam Jakubiec, Sean Hall, Charles Avenue New!
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If he had had his way, Peter McDermott thought, he would have fired the chief house detective long ago. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
chief house officer, number four elevator, main mezzanine, night checker, bell captain, hotel magnate, second detective, hotel proprietor, house detective, hotel garage, trim ring, credit manager, room clerk Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Warren Trent, Curtis O'Keefe, New Orleans, Albert Wells, Duchess of Croydon, Herbie Chandler, Aloysius Royce, Duke of Croydon, Presidential Suite, New York, Miss Francis, Captain Yolles, Miss Preyscott, Tom Earlshore, Gregory Hotel, Lyle Dumaire, Royall Edwards, Stanley Dixon, Emile Dumaire, Marsha Preyscott, Canal Street, Keycase Milne, Sam Jakubiec, Sean Hall, Charles Avenue New!
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