Hurricane Hotel: A Novel Review

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(More customer reviews)Hurricane Hotel is a surrealistic romp through the madness of the soul. It yanks the reader into a place in time that exists like a meteorite in the night sky; it shines brightly, then burns away in a glorious blast of light. Lawson's characters are sinuously developed to encase the reader in a quest to find the end of the story. And for those of us who have experience swimming through the sub-strata of the heavy New Orleans night, it makes it just in time, just before the street sweeper passes by outside the gates. Beware!

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Hurricane Hotel is a rollicking, streetcar ride of a novel setin New Orleans, before, during, and after a Hurricane. The Spirit of Jelly Roll Mortontells a story that revolves around young Zack, who leaves his dysfunctional, ruralLouisiana home, and hitch-hikes to New Orleans and there is befriended by a soiree ofcolorful characters: Some Guy Upstairs, a Mardi Gras bead artist; Martha, who has leftthe medical profession to become a Downtown Queen; the Chemical Sisters, a duo hell benton changing the world; and others, all of whom reside at the hotel.Hurricane Hotel is a book of voices, with each characterenlightening and seducing the reader to join him or her in traversing the dailyescapades that could happen only in New Orleans. With a foreword by Andre Dubus III,(author of House of Sand and Fog), and lyrics from Bob Dylan, Dr. John and many others,Hurricane Hotel is a love letter to a drowned city destined to be reborn and a must readfor the young and rebellious at heart.

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Romantic New York City: A Guide to the Most Romantic Clubs, Restaurants, Bars and Hotels in New York City Review

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(More customer reviews)Armed with my copy of this book and The RoMANtic's Guide, my wife and I were off to New York for a special romantic weekend. I couldn't have done it without these two books. My wife was amazed at the places we saw, slept and ate.

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ROMANTIC NEW YORK CITY: A GUIDE TO THE MOST ROMANTIC CLUBS, RESTAURANTS, BARS, AND HOTELS IN NEW YORK CITY is a guidebook to the most romantic venues and rendezvous in New York City, as selected by two sophisticated young New Yorkers.Graduates of New York University; neither wanted to leave New York after graduation.Enthusiastic Manhattanites, they relish the changing restaurant and club scene in the city as well as the unique quiet and picturesque spots throughout the city that are known only to New Yorkers.Will King's essays and Jimmy Hahn's moody black-and-white photographs show just why each featured romantic location makes the cut.Will King's short, engaging essay about each romantic venue includes tips on how to find it, when to go there, why it is unique, what to do there, what to order, and who you will see there. ROMANTIC NEW YORK CITY contains fifty of Jimmy Hahn's beautiful, full-page black-and-white photographs of each romantic club, restaurant, bar, hotel, or outdoors location as well as numerous small "incidental" photographs of memorabilia associated with each featured venue.ROMANTIC NEW YORK CITY is both an art book and a useful guidebook for lovers and romantics of all ages.Beautifully designed, the book is appealing to look at.It also includes street addresses, including cross streets, and phone numbers for each romantic location. ROMANTIC NEW YORK CITY will appeal to readers who are familiar with the venues it features as well as to those who merely wish to become habitues, at least temporarily, of the most romantic spots in the most exciting city in the world.

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