BOOK OF THE WEEK: "THE GLASS HOTEL" by EMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL Fans of "Station Eleven", rejoice! The wait is finally over. No, this is not a sequel to that book. Yes, it's as beautiful, captivating and rewarding—if not more—as that one. Vincent is a bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star lodging on the northernmost tip of Vancouver Island. On the night she meets Jonathan Alkaitis, a hooded figure scrawls a message on the lobby's glass wall: "Why don't you swallow broken... glass." High above Manhattan, a greater crime is committed: Alkaitis is running an international Ponzi scheme, moving imaginary sums of money through clients' accounts. When the financial empire collapses, it obliterates countless fortunes and devastates lives. Vincent, who had been posing as Jonathan's wife, walks away into the night. Years later, a victim of the fraud is hired to investigate a strange occurrence: a woman has seemingly vanished from the deck of a container ship between ports of call. In this captivating story of crisis and survival, Emily St. John Mandel takes readers through often hidden landscapes: campgrounds for the near-homeless, underground electronica clubs, the business of international shipping, service in luxury hotels, and life in a federal prison. 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. Available now at your nearest Bookazine. Call to reserve a copy today! ⠀ #theglasshotel #literaryfiction #emilystjohnmandel #stationeleven #vancouverisland #newbook #bookazinehk #hkreading #hkbookclub #bookworm #booklover #botw #bookoftheweek 展开
