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HAILEY, ARTHUR. - Hotel

Title: Hotel
Description: First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 396; original publishers blue boards, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket a little worn on edges, price clipped dustjacket, good copy. London; Michael Joseph in association with Souvenir press; 1965. It is the story of an independent New Orleans hotel, the St. Gregory, and its management's struggle to regain profitability and avoid being assimilated into the O'Keefe chain of hotels. The St. Gregory is supposedly based on the Roosevelt Hotel, although the old St. Charles Hotel is also cited as the basis for the novel. The novel was adapted into a movie in 1967, and in 1983 Aaron Spelling turned it into a television series, airing for five years on ABC.

Keywords: English Literature fiction first edition modern film

Price: AUD 75.00 = appr. US$ 51.89 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 107783