Description
A middle-aged writer seeking refuge from the pressures of the mainland takes a position managing Honolulu’s last small, old hotel—a faded, eccentric establishment threatened by redevelopment and the relentless advance of modern tourism. Among its colorful guests, loyal staff, drifters, and fugitives, he encounters a lively cross-section of island life, each brief episode revealing unexpected tensions, desires, and loyalties. Blending wry humor, social observation, and a distinctly episodic structure, the novel explores escape, reinvention, cultural dislocation, and the fragile communities that form in places on the verge of disappearing.
Available Editions
paperback
Mariner Books
Published May 15, 2002
432 pages
ISBN: 9780618219155
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Details
First Published
2001
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Hotel Honolulu by Paul Theroux.