The Swank Hotel
Lucy Corin
Rave
Positive
Mixed
Pan
The Swank Hotel
Lucy Corin
Rave
Positive
Mixed
Pan
Rave
Positive
Mixed
Pan
... an engaging work that blends history with travel and food writing.
In Lucy Corin’s The Swank Hotel, there are moments of pure clarity. In its explorations of corporate America, of familial loss and grief, and of 2008 recession-era life, the novel shines. But in its interstitial space, darting from one narrator to another in the tangled web of love, relationships, and confusion, the novel puzzles. This is not a book to read in an afternoon, but one to chew and digest over time. And when given this space, we still may not understand.
... brilliant and surreal.
... moving and discursive.
A deep dive into all things truffle that’s somewhat repetitive in places, but well written and full of interesting characters and fascinating facts..
The author depicts a culture of truffle finding, trading, and eating that is as complex as the aromatic stew of ingredients that goes into one, and he commits to paper lovely images that combine both intrigue and a certain level of surrealism.
... insightful.