That may sound like the requirements of a much older profession, but Vincent rationalizes away that unseemly thought. “She copied their modes of dress and speech, and cultivated an air of carelessness.” She may not feel any particular passion for Alkaitis, who is 34 years her senior, but she’s a dutiful chameleon, adaptable to the requirements of any social or romantic situation. “She had studied the habits of the moneyed with diligence,” Mandel writes. Read 14,039 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. Show more Genres Fiction Contemporary Mystery Literary Fiction Audiobook Adult Canada. From the award-winning author of Station Eleven, an exhilaratin. Rife with unexpected beauty, The Glass Hotel is a captivating portrait of greed and guilt, love and delusion, ghosts and unintended consequences, and the infinite ways we search for meaning in our lives. When he falls for Vincent, she trades her bartending job at the hotel for the life of a trophy wife in New York City. Read 14,039 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. Alkaitis is a charming investment wizard who always makes time for new friends. A baleful fog moves across all these chapters, as the story drifts from one character to another. Indeed, this is a novel constantly testing our attention to details. But if Station Eleven is a novel about a lack of choice in the face of an unstoppable catastrophe, The Glass Hotel is a book about the choices we can make, and their long-term consequences. But the arrival of the hotel’s wealthy owner, Jonathan Alkaitis, immediately distracts everyone from the graffiti.
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