{"product_id":"hotel-living-a-novel-isbn-9780062376367","title":"Hotel Living: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Debut Fiction!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the Publishing Triangle Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecalling both the excess of \u003cem\u003eThe Wolf of Wall Street\u003c\/em\u003e, and the drifting narrator of \u003cem\u003eA Single Man\u003c\/em\u003e, Ioannis Pappos’s debut novel is a portrait of privilege, aspiration, and international finance during the wayward course of the American economy between 9\/11 and the 2008 Financial collapse, and is filled with surprisingly tender observations about identity, loneliness, and human connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“I’m homeless, but in First Class.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStathis Rakis abandoned his small Greek village for a more worldly life, first in San Francisco, where the Dot Com Bubble had already burst, and then in Paris, France, where he is pursuing an MBA at an elite business school. After falling helplessly in love with a liberal New England journalist with a good conscience, who comes to campus with some scores to settle, Stathis moves to the United States to begin as a consultant for a company called Command. He spends the very few hours of the day that aren’t consumed by work draining the minibar, battling insomnia, and binging on more than room service. Luxury is a given, happiness is not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the economy recovers and a new bubble expands in a post-9\/11 world, Stathis drifts upward, baring witness to the criminal decadence that will become the 2008 financial crisis, as well as his new habits of indulgence—drugs, sex, and insider trading. In a world of insiders--from corporate suits to Hollywood celebutantes—Stathis remains the outsider: too foreign to be one of them, too cynical to turn back.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I'm homeless, but in first class.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStathis Rakis has abandoned his small Greek village for a more worldly life, first in San Francisco, where the dot-com bubble had already burst, and then in Paris, France, at a top business school. After falling in love with a liberal New England journalist with a good conscience (but with some scores to settle), Stathis moves to the United States to work as a management consultant for a high-octane company called Command. He spends the very few hours of the day that aren't consumed by work draining the minibar of whichever five-star hotel he's currently calling home, battling insomnia, and bingeing on more than room service. Luxury is a given; happiness is not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the economy recovers and a new bubble expands in a post-9\/11 world, Stathis drifts upward, bearing witness to the criminal decadence that will become the 2008 financial crisis while developing his own habits of indulgence—drugs, sex, and insider trading. In a world of insatiability that features both corporate suits and Hollywood hedonism, Stathis remains the outsider: too foreign to be one of them, too cynical to turn back.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Pappos delivers a fast-moving narrative set in the new model world of the international business culture, junior division…. The sexual and social mores of a wired world…are well and truly captured through sharp conversations and vivid vignettes.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnthony Haden-Guest, author ofThe Last Party: Studio 54, Disco, and The Culture of the Night\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One of the most exciting coming-of-age books I have read since \u003cem\u003eBright Lights, Big City\u003c\/em\u003e.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMelissa McConnell, author of Evidence of Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Like a cross between \u003cem\u003eThe Wolf of Wall Street\u003c\/em\u003e and Edith Wharton, Ioannis Pappos gets all the details right in this insider’s look at love and money in New York City in the post-millennial age. Pappos is such a good writer, it’s hard to believe he led a previous life in the trenches of Wall Street, but it is that combination that gives this moving story both its punch and density.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIra Sachs, writer and director of The Delta, Keep The Lights On, and Love Is Strange\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“As he romps through the highs and lows of the global economy, Ioannis Pappos will make you laugh even as he lays bare the very real human costs of our recent—and current—economic troubles. Hilarious and heartbreaking, \u003cem\u003eHotel Living\u003c\/em\u003e captures perfectly our own interesting times.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eScott Lasser, author of All I Could Get\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“We’ve read and watched depictions of the reckless excess of our recent gilded age, but rarely do we get a glimpse into the inner life of one of its players. Hotel Living is \u003cem\u003eThe Wolf of Wall Street\u003c\/em\u003e with a heart.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMike Albo, author of The Junket\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Thrilling storytelling with universal appeal.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sex, drugs and insider trading abound in Ioannis Pappos’ tale of one immigrant’s rise in the world of corporate finance. The lifestyles described tow the line between fascinating and sickening, allowing you to determine how harshly the characters deserve to be judged.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaste Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Pappos keeps the story moving at a great pace that nails the feeling of confusion when one chases a love that is often unrequited.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLambda Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“If Trollope were alive today, and he wanted to write \u003cem\u003eThe Way We Live Now\u003c\/em\u003e about New York’s élite consultants, he would have written \u003cem\u003eHotel Living\u003c\/em\u003e. Really a terrific book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdmund White\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Pappos is a first-rate storyteller and keen observer of our current moment. The prose here shimmers and the narration drives hard like the hard living lives in these pages. It’s a smart book that also happens to be entertaining…. I can’t wait for his next book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnthony Swofford, New York Times bestselling author of Jarhead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“You can’t for the life of you put the book down.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJason Diamond, Vol. 1 Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eHotel Living\u003c\/em\u003e is nothing short of a masterpiece. It moved me and will continue to do so in more ways than I could imagine possible for a story told with such disarming clarity.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePappas Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This quick read rivals \u003cem\u003eThe Wolf of Wall Street\u003c\/em\u003e in its provocative tale of excess—luxe hotels, insider trading, physical altercations and casual sex abound.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrontier, “10 Beach Reads”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“At once a cool-eyed satire and an unexpectedly heartfelt meditation on the meaning of home.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCondé Nast Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is a look at privilege, hopes, desires and finance unlike anything we have seen before.… The writing is gorgeous, the plot is fascinating and the characters are very real.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReviews by Amos Lassen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Welcome to the glitzy, high-octane world of . . . management consulting…. Plenty of storytelling verve to keep readers engaged.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Like a cross between \u003cem\u003eThe Wolf of Wall Street\u003c\/em\u003e and Edith Wharton, Ioannis Pappos gets all the details right in this insider’s look at love and money in New York City in the post-millennial age. Pappos is such a good writer.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIra Sachs, writer and director of The Delta, Keep The Lights On, and Love Is Strange\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ioannis Pappos may be the F. Scott Fitzgerald of the wired postmillennial age. \u003cem\u003eHotel Living\u003c\/em\u003e is an unforgettable debut…about love, sex, class, greed, and the search for one’s humanity against the blinding light of the American Dream.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJulia Fierro, author of Cutting Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ioannis Pappos’s \u003cem\u003eHotel Living\u003c\/em\u003e could be \u003cem\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/em\u003e, reincarnated in a contemporary hell beyond even F. Scott Fitzgerald’s imagination.  It’s harrowing.  It’s smart and sexy; it’s funny and tragic.  It is, in short, a great and terrible beauty of a book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize-winner and New York Times bestselling author of The Snow Queen and The Hours\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888278434021,"sku":"NP9780062376367","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062376367.jpg?v=1730228708","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/hotel-living-a-novel-isbn-9780062376367","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}