{"product_id":"the-glass-hotel-9780525562948","title":"The Glass Hotel","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE NEW YORKER \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e NPR \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003eTIME - THE WASHINGTON POST\u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003eENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eFORTUNE \u003cb\u003e- GLAMOUR \u003cb\u003e- ELLE - THE AV CLUB \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eREAL SIMPLE\u003cb\u003e \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e LITHUB \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ePARADE \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eTHE BBC \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e THRILLIST \u003cb\u003e- BOOKPAGE \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e ELECTRIC LITERATURE \u003cb\u003e- GOOD HOUSEKEEPING \u003cb\u003e- INSIDER \u003cb\u003e- THE ECONOMIST \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e- NEW YORK POST \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eTHE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eStation Eleven\u003c\/i\u003e, an exhilarating novel set at the glittering intersection of two seemingly disparate events--a massive Ponzi scheme collapse and the mysterious disappearance of a woman from a ship at sea. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVincent is a bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star lodging on the northernmost tip of Vancouver Island. On the night she meets Jonathan Alkaitis, a hooded figure scrawls a message on the lobby's glass wall: \u003ci\u003eWhy don't you swallow broken glass\u003c\/i\u003e. High above Manhattan, a greater crime is committed: Alkaitis is running an international Ponzi scheme, moving imaginary sums of money through clients' accounts. When the financial empire collapses, it obliterates countless fortunes and devastates lives. Vincent, who had been posing as Jonathan's wife, walks away into the night. Years later, a victim of the fraud is hired to investigate a strange occurrence: a woman has seemingly vanished from the deck of a container ship between ports of call. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this captivating story of crisis and survival, Emily St. John Mandel takes readers through often hidden landscapes: campgrounds for the near-homeless, underground electronica clubs, the business of international shipping, service in luxury hotels, and life in a federal prison. Rife with unexpected beauty, \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e is a captivating portrait of greed and guilt, love and delusion, ghosts and unintended consequences, and the infinite ways we search for meaning in our lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/16\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780525562948\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.19w x 0.63d","brand":"Emily St John Mandel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38294881992885,"sku":"9780525562948","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c3852306-2a8e-4efc-9f5a-7eae1c24fcf6.jpg?v=1611068904","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-glass-hotel-9780525562948","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}