Hotel Honolulu

Two real issues here: repetitiveness and the ladies. See, Paul Theroux had a great idea here: 1 story per room for the dissipated Hotel Honolulu. The problem, though, was that he maybe didn't actually have 88 separate stories to write about it. Instead, we get a half-dozen stories relating to women w......more

Hotel Honolulu reeks with local color. I was stationed on Oahu in the Army, living off post for nearly 3 years at about the time the novel is set in. I took my discharge there and stuck around for another 6 months, while my wife worked. I loved the place; it’s beaches, mountains and communities. I f......more

Наистина книгата заслужава международните си похвали. Не бях чела толкова богат роман от много време насам. Нещата от живота, описани по възхитителен начин. А историите от хотела са наистина невъобразими!......more

"seedy" "flawed" "really twisted, and then ultimately quite perverse" "disturbing" "self-described (or narrator-described, alternately) coconut princess beach bunnies" (referring Theroux's description of women) "over-sexualized misadventures with some seriously unappealing people" "don't bother if you thi......more