John Mandel’s new novel, “The Glass Hotel,” is simply stunning, a boldly experimental work which hooks the reader from its first pages, wending to a powerfully emotional conclusion.Īs to what it’s about? Well, that’s a bit more complicated.
It’s never easy to follow a novel which has become something of a touchstone, so let me assure you, right off the top, that St.
Thankfully, there’s a new Mandel novel to savour, and while it has nothing to do with infectious diseases, Mandel’s crystal ball and uncanny sense of timing remain intact, with a novel of economic collapse, predatory financial figures and widespread corruption. If you haven’t read it, you definitely should, though perhaps wait until this pandemic has passed before exploring Mandel’s account of a fictional pandemic and what happens next. John Mandel’s 2014 novel “Station Eleven” was not only a bestseller and winner of the Toronto Book Award, but has become a perennial word-of-mouth favourite. Canadian readers likely can’t shake the feeling that they’ve seen something like this before. She is also the author of Station Eleven, which was a finalist for a National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award and won the 2015 Toronto Book Award.The past few weeks have felt like the opening act of a disaster movie (albeit a moody, pensive disaster movie.
Mandel is a dual American Canadian citizen and currently lives in New York. John Mandel's latest novel, The Glass Hotel, is a timely look at a world derailed by financial fraud It was also named one of Time's 'must-read' books of 2020 and made CBC Books's best fiction of the year list. The Glass Hotelwas a finalist for the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize. Thirteen years later, Vincent disappears from a Neptune-Avramidis ship. Inspired by the Bernie Madoff financial fraud scandal, the novel is a character study of people who profit and the lives that are compromised as a result. Meanwhile, a hooded figure scrawls a cryptic note on a wall in the hotel, and a shipping executive for a company called Neptune-Avramidis - Leon Prevant - sees the note and is shaken.
When the owner - Jonathan Alkaitis - passes Vincent his card, it becomes the beginning of their story together. Vincent is a bartender in a prestigious hotel on Vancouver Island. The Glass Hotelweaves several narratives together as it tells a story of financial corruption, greed and a massive Ponzi scheme.
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