{"product_id":"hotel-living-9780062376367","title":"Hotel Living","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePappos, Ioannis:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eIoannis Pappos is a management consultant and writer from Pelio, Greece. A graduate of Stanford and the INSEAD Business School, he lives in New York City. \u003cem\u003eHotel Living\u003c\/em\u003e is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50317966180626,"sku":"9780062376367","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a829e424-0546-493b-9b48-11393436f3a1.jpg?v=1727544141","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hotel-living-9780062376367","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}