![]() Alkaitis’ multibillion dollar empire is nothing more than an elaborate Ponzi scheme, and even before he is sentenced to 170 years in federal prison, Vincent disappears. But it’s not long before this world shatters. Alkaitis charms Vincent, who moves to New York with him to a life of opulence and leisure. It’s disturbing and curious, an ominous threat. One evening, someone etches “Why don’t you swallow broken glass” in acid on one of the picture windows. She’s convinced Paul, long in and out of rehab, to join her as the hotel’s night houseman. Vincent, once a headstrong wild-child, is now tending bar at the exclusive resort on the island she couldn’t wait to escape. It takes some time for the pieces to come into focus. The Glass Hotel begins with shards of poetry, labyrinthine flashbacks to Paul and his half-sister Vincent’s teen years, and then, the Hotel Caiette-a five-star showcase of old-growth cedar and floor-to-ceiling windows on a speck of land off the northern coast of Vancouver Island owned by billionaire investor Jonathan Alkaitis. ![]() What does it all mean? Readers who enjoy literary analysis will turn the last pages and immediately want to connect with others to puzzle it out. ![]() ![]() John Mandel is that book: frustrating, elusive, open to interpretation. Sometimes a novel comes along that is atmospheric and beautiful and so enigmatic it begs discussion. ![]()
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