Hotel Honolulu

By: Paul Theroux

Narrated by: George Guidall

A writer accepts a job as a manager of a low-rent hotel in Hawaii. He acts as a witness to the hotel's cast of characters, chronicling their stories and ultimately regaining his will to write.©2007 Caryl Phillips (P)2008 Recorded Books, LLC

Critic reviews

"... somberly beautiful and lacerating ... Phillips [is] a virtuoso, prizewinning novelist with a biographer's avidity for fact ..." ( Booklist), starred review

Wonderfully written. Paul strikes again!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Yes.

What did you like best about this story?
All. Paul writes as he sees.

Have you listened to any of the narrator’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
This one is on par with some of his others.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Buddy the funny man!

Any additional comments?
I'm not sure what the negative reviews are all about but when you try this one you'll understand my 5 stars.

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Superb!

Amazing stories and characters with mesmerizing details along with an obvious personal experience the author has with Hawaii. I almost cried when I finished this book not because of the stories or the ending but simply……because I finished it!

An engaging story

I enjoyed the narrator immensely. The story was enjoyable take on this microcosm of life seen thru the eyes of the writer.

Shockingly warped!

I have been an avid Theroux fan and can recommend any of his non fiction titles,but it seems a lot of his fiction is centered around and obssesion with incest and matters of an often sexual nature that I find somewhat disturbing.The parts where they delve into the mind of a prostitute are somehow intresting.I have often wondered what drives a woman to do such things.I think it is the stories of incest that are simply sickening.Of course these things do happen in real life and fiction mirrors real life.I just have to wonder why he must resort to such shocking methods to draw the readers intrest?There is some redeeming symbolism.The story about the step father with the hook for a hand was intresting.The ironies are also thought provoking.Fiction delves into the deep annuls of our minds,which can sometime harbor some serious psychological problems.I am just not sure I was prepared to see such a dark side in a book that is set in Hawaii.

Learn how to speak pidgeon

You would think an experienced audible reader would do a bit of research. He speaks pigeon with a Mexican accent and mispronounces most of his Hawaiian names. Very annoying to listen to on top of an average story.