![]() ![]() During the good times, Vincent bounces between opulent display cases: a sprawling mansion in the Connecticut suburbs and a pied-à-terre in Manhattan. One of those lives belongs to Vincent, Alkaitis’s young Canadian trophy wife. Their point of connection is Jonathan Alkaitis, a Bernie Madoff-like financier who lands in prison after his multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme is finally exposed, but not before lives are affected, and, in some cases, ruined. ![]() Set in the decades on either side of the mid-aughts, The Glass Hotel strongly resembles its predecessor in mood and approach, flitting among a group of interlinked, but geographically and at times chronologically disparate characters. It’s unclear whether that will still happen, but I think we can all agree that a pandemic-themed series being delayed by a pandemic is a level of meta-ness none of us needs right now. ![]() ![]() An HBO series based on the novel was slated to air this year. John Mandel has an advantage: Her previous book, Station Eleven (2014), a cross-border bestseller, was set in the aftermath of a viral pandemic – a topic with some resonance these days. Launching a book during a pandemic is challenging, but unlike many authors, Emily St. The Glass Hotel Handout/HarperCollins/Courtesy of manufacturer ![]()
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