Hotel
3.8
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If he had had his way, Peter McDermott thought, he would have fired the chief house detective long ago.
If he had had his way, Peter McDermott thought, he would have fired the chief house detective long ago.
About this book
During five days in the midst of a hot, steamy Louisiana summer, the lives of a colorful cast of characters intertwine in a series of public, private, and personal dramas at the famed St. Gregory luxury hotel.
Themes & subjects
HotelsFictionFiction in EnglishFiction, generalSan francisco (calif.), fiction
First published 1974Setting
New Orleans
About the author
Arthur Hailey
5 April 1920 – 4 November 2004
Arthur Hailey was born in England and began his writing career while an RAF pilot during the Second World War. After the war he lived and wrote in Canada, becoming a Canadian citizen as well as British; he also lived briefly in the United States. For the past twenty-six years Arthur Hailey and his wife Sheila have made their home in the Bahamas. Hailey's novels have been published in thirty-nine languages; an estimated 160 million copies are in print worldwide. Most of his books have been made into films or TV series.
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