Hotel, Arthur Hailey
Hotel, Arthur Hailey
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Hotel

Author: Arthur Hailey

Narrator: Chris Abernathy

Unabridged: 15 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/17/2020


Synopsis

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Airport reveals the inner workings of a New Orleans hotel—and the human drama unfolding behind its closed doors.

During five sultry days, the lives of the guests, the management, and the workers at New Orleans's largest and most elite hotel converge. The owner has four days to raise the money to save his financially ailing property. The general manager, once blacklisted from the hospitality business, struggles with one crisis after another. A rebellious heiress will do anything to attain her secret desires. The duke and the duchess in the lavish presidential suite are covering up a crime. And within one of the many guest rooms hides a professional thief.

Filled with memorable characters and authentic detail about the inner machinery and secrets of a five-star hotel, this gripping New York Times bestseller sold millions of copies and was adapted for both film and TV. Set in a time when travel was still glamorous and grand independent hotels set the standard for luxury, it's like a vacation in itself, from the author of such behind-the-scenes blockbusters as The Moneychangers and Wheels.

About Arthur Hailey

Arthur Hailey (1920-2004), the author of eleven novels, many of which became number one New York Times bestsellers, was born in Luton, England. He served as a pilot and flight lieutenant in the British Royal Air Force during World War II and immigrated to Canada in 1947. While working for a transportation trade magazine, he scored his first writing success with a television drama, and began to write screenplays full-time for various networks during the golden age of live television. His novel-writing career took off in 1959 with the publication of his first novel, The Final Diagnosis, and picked up velocity with Hotel and then Airport, which spent thirty weeks in the number-one spot on the New York Times bestseller list and became a blockbuster film. Hailey's novels, many of which have been made into films, television series, and miniseries, have been translated into forty languages. They are notable for their suspenseful storylines and authentic depictions of various industries and commercial settings, which Hailey aggressively and meticulously researched.


Reviews

While conducting research for the writing of this novel, Arthur Hailey spent two months as a paying guest at the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans.  The owner of the Roosevelt, the late Seymour Weiss, instructed his department heads to answer Hailey’s questions honestly and without holding back and urg......more

Goodreads review by Olesia

Це навіть краще, ніж «Аеропорт». Всім героям починаєш співпереживати з перших сторінок, не байдуже, що станеться з готелем і яка його історія. Дуже динамічно, а фінал хоч і дуже cheesy, комусь може і не сподобатися, однак я відношуся дотоієі категорії людей, кому все сподобалося. Абсолютно кожна руш......more

Goodreads review by Ivan

Більше дописів та інфи в моєму авторському блозі - "Ласкаво просимо в Касл-Рок, штат Мен" "Готель" Артура Гейлі - роман цікавий, читається легко, герої симпатичні та фактурні. Але, для людини, яка читала до цього хоча б одну книгу автора, персонажі можуть здатися передбачуваними, дуже схожими на мину......more

Goodreads review by Maksym

Колись Гомер Сімпсон розповідав: "У Барта були проблеми з поведінкою, вагітну Мардж постійно нудило, я мусив ходити на роботу, але я примудрявся по вісім годин на день дивитися телевізора". Я примудрився прочитати "Готель" за три дні, точніше - ночі. (Ніхто не вагітний, порівняння не досконале). Анота......more