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Description

In a New York City made phantasmagorical by the events of 9/11, Hans--a banker originally from the Netherlands--finds himself marooned among the strange occupants of the Chelsea Hotel after his English wife and son return to London. Alone and untethered, feeling lost in the country he had come... read more

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Memorable Quotes

  • “Instead of answering the point, you sabotage the discussion”

First Sentence

The afternoon before I left London for New York - Rachel had flown out six weeks previously - I was in my cubicle at work, boxing up my possessions, when a senior vice-president at the bank, and Englishman in his fifties, came to wish me well.

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  1. Joseph O'Neill (Author)
 

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