Vincent is the beautiful bartender at the exclusive Hotel Caiette. When New York financier Jonathan Alkaitis walks into the hotel and hands her his card,it is the beginning of their life together.
That same night,a hooded figure scrawls a note on the windowed wall of the hotel:'Why don't you swallow broken glass.'Leon Prevant,a shipping executive,sees the note from the hotel bar and is shaken to his core.
When Alkaitis's investment fund is revealed to be a Ponzi scheme,Leon loses his retirement savings in the fallout,but Vincent seemingly walks away unscathed. Until,a decade later,she disappears from the deck of one of Leon's ships ...
Publisher: Pan MacmillanISBN: 9781509882830Number of pages: 320Weight: 232 gDimensions: 197 x 129 x 21 mm
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'Elegant...beguiling...the joys of The Glass Hotel are participatory: piecing together the connections...a treasure map ripped to pieces'- The Guardian
'A damn fine novel...she keeps me turning pages...haunting and evocative and immersive...I guess you can say I am a big Emily St. John Mandel fanboy. I look forward to whatever she writes next.'- George R R Martin
'No one can create beautiful,enmeshed,startlingly clever worlds the way Mandel does'- Daisy Johnson,author of Everything Under
'Elegant,haunting...a unique rumination on guilt,grief and regret'- The Times
'Beautifully written and compelling,it will find its way straight to your heart.'- Red
'A perfect post-lockdown read...Mandel is a terrific storyteller'- The Sunday Times
'A fascinating and affecting read'- Stylist
'A beguiling tale about skewed morals,reckless lives and necessary means of escape.'- The Economist
Emily St. John Mandel
Emily St. John Mandel is a Canadian novelist,best known for the award winning Station Eleven. Her latest novel,The Glass Hotel,will be published in April 2020.
Visit the Emily St. John Mandel author page
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