Rabu, Mac 22, 2017

Books Set in Hotels

A lot of Christie's make great use of hotels but so does mainstream fiction. I  am thinking of MRS. PALFREY AT THE CLAREMOUNT (Elizabeth Taylor) and HOTEL DU LAC by Anita Brookner.
Any more?
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Tanpa Nama berkata...

Well, there is These Foolish Things, that was the basis for the film The Best Exotic Magnolia Hotel.

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pattinase (abbott) berkata...

Didn't know that, Margot, thanks.

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George berkata...

Many of P. G. Wodehouse's novels and stories happen in hotels.

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Charles Gramlich berkata...

the one that first pops into mind is The Shining

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Jeff Meyerson berkata...

Um, how about HOTEL by Arthur Hailey?

Christie had several, of course.

THE SHINING, of course.

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J. Kingston Pierce berkata...

And though it's not a crime novel, we shouldn't forget Steve Millhauser's wonderful Martin Dressler.

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Rick Robinson berkata...

Allen Russell's The Hotel Detective. Takes place in a San Diego hotel based on the Hotel del Coronado.

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seana graham berkata...

Ali Smith's early novel Hotel World. I loved Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, both book and movie.

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pattinase (abbott) berkata...

I love anything about a hotel. Although I used to love them more before I was told how poorly they are cleaned. But that doesn't matter in a story.

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seana graham berkata...

Unless it's a clue to the murder.

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Todd Mason berkata...
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Todd Mason berkata...

Fantasy such as D. M. Thomas's THE WHITE HOTEL (in part). THE HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE.

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Todd Mason berkata...

If motels count, of course PSYCHO by Robert Bloch.

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Tanpa Nama berkata...

Arnold Bennett was fascinated by hotels: Imperial Hotel has been called a guide to how to run an hotel disguised as a novel, and The Grand Babylon Hotel is a thriller set in one.
J. G. Farrell's Troubles is set in an hotel in the West of Ireland just after WWI.

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Jeff Meyerson berkata...

Patti, I don't have my list here - we won't be home until tomorrow - but I will try to remember to look up a non fiction book you will want to read, if you haven't already. The author grew up IN one of the luxury NYC hotels (sorry can't remember which) where his father was the hotel manager. There was a lot of behind the scenes stuff.

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