Hotel Honolulu
eBook - ePub

Hotel Honolulu

A Novel

  1. 436 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Hotel Honolulu

A Novel

About this book

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 the psychological landscape of an American paradise.

"A sun-soaked Decameron."— Chicago Sun-Times

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Information

Publisher
Mariner Books
Year
2002
eBook ISBN
9780547526331
Print ISBN
9780618095018
Subtopic
Literature General

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Contents
  3. Copyright
  4. 1. Paradise Lost
  5. 2. Castaways
  6. 3. Birdsong
  7. 4. Rose
  8. 5. Baptism
  9. 6. The Lovers Upstairs
  10. 7. Miranda the Carpenter
  11. 8. Child’s Play
  12. 9. The Limping Waiters
  13. 10. A Game of Dice
  14. 11. Love Letters in the Pending File
  15. 12. Sex, Thirdhand
  16. 13. The Prevision of Hobart Flail
  17. 14. The Key Chain
  18. 15. Madam Ma
  19. 16. Chip
  20. 17. Rose’s Rival
  21. 18. The Return of Amo Ferretti
  22. 19. Crime of Passion
  23. 20. Rapture
  24. 21. Insecticide
  25. 22. Nevermann the Searcher
  26. 23. Infidel
  27. 24. The Seductress
  28. 25. Hopecraft
  29. 26. Puamana’s Cat
  30. 27. Mortification
  31. 28. Naked Strangers
  32. 29. The Widow Mrs. Bunny Arkle
  33. 30. Local Color
  34. 31. Christmas Cards
  35. 32. Ms. Furman’s Honeymoon
  36. 33. Happy Funeral
  37. 34. Courtship in Manila
  38. 35. Story Time
  39. 36. Another Death
  40. 37. Joker Man
  41. 38. Trainee
  42. 39. Truck Whore
  43. 40. Hearts of Palm
  44. 41. Mr. and Mrs. Sun
  45. 42. Henry James in Honolulu
  46. 43. Rocket Men
  47. 44. The Real Thing
  48. 45. Camera Obscura
  49. 46. Domination
  50. 47. The Dream House in Kahala
  51. 48. The Happiest Man in Hawaii
  52. 49. aloha.net
  53. 50. Rain
  54. 51. Dinnertime
  55. 52. Visiting Darkness
  56. 53. Departure Gate
  57. 54. Triple Word Score
  58. 55. Love Is a Girl
  59. 56. Drop-In
  60. 57. Waterspout
  61. 58. First Love
  62. 59. The Private Party on Mauna Kea Street
  63. 60. Dog Lovers
  64. 61. A Chinese Story
  65. 62. The Sexual Life of Savages
  66. 63. Family Affairs
  67. 64. The Hook
  68. 65. Invasive Procedure
  69. 66. Aftercare
  70. 67. Full House
  71. 68. Owner’s Suite
  72. 69. Human Remains
  73. 70. Hawaiian Snow
  74. 71. Brudda Iz
  75. 72. Stand-In
  76. 73. Hearsay
  77. 74. An Impossible Story
  78. 75. Sand
  79. 76. Buddy’s Big Night
  80. 77. The Last Laugh
  81. 78. Ashes
  82. 79. New Management
  83. 80. Rock Happy
  84. About the Author

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