"Heady and dark and dangerous, The Pink Hotel is an intoxicating binge
of a book. Liska Jacobs's stunning indictment of a society teetering
toward apocalypse is one you won't easily forget." --Janelle Brown,
author of I'll Be You
Newlyweds Keith and Kit Collins can hardly believe their luck when the
general manager of the iconic, opulent Pink Hotel invites them to come
for a luxurious stay as a bid to hire Keith. Kit loves their small-town
life, but Keith has always wanted more, and the glittering, lily-scented
lobby makes him feel right at home.
Soon after their arrival, wildfires sweep through the surrounding
mountains and Los Angeles becomes a pressure cooker, with riots breaking
out across the city amid rolling blackouts. The Pink Hotel closes its
doors to "outsiders," and Keith and Kit find themselves confined with an
anxious, disgruntled staff and a growing roster of eccentric,
ultra-wealthy, dangerously idle guests who flock to the hotel for
sanctuary, company, and entertainment.
The Pink Hotel exposes a tenuous class system within its walls, full
of insurmountable expectations and unspoken resentments, which
deteriorate as the city burns. In her barbed, provocative new novel,
Liska Jacobs explores the corrosive nature of greed and interrogates the
notion of true love, while hurtling readers toward certain disaster.
