Audiobook4 hours
The Paradise Motel
Written by Eric McCormack
Narrated by James Gillies
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
()
About this audiobook
Learning of a horrifying family crime from his grandfather, journalist Ezra Stevenson tries to verify the story by tracking down four brothers and sisters, alleged victims of abuse. "Full of death and suffering, the novel exhilarates rather than depresses, its stark dourness vivifying rather than dulling the reading appetite," concluded PW. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
More audiobooks from Eric Mc Cormack
The Dutch Wife Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Inspecting the Vaults Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Mysterium: A Novel of Deconstruction Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Cloud Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Related to The Paradise Motel
Related audiobooks
We Agreed to Meet Just Here Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Search Heartache Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAn Original Revenge Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Banks of Certain Rivers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Crime of Bathsheba Spooner: Mysteries in the Air Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsConnects Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Last Day of a Condemned Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Strong West Wind: A Memoir Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5You Must Remember This: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCopycat Killers Volume 1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMurder Investigation Team: Jack the Ripper: A 21st Century Investigation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Child's Revenge Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Ralph Compton Stryker's Revenge Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Accidental Suffragist Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDirty Laundry Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Dark House Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBroken Piano for President Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bloomland Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Horror Stories from Denmark: Volume 1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsReap the Storm Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Crystal Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Women's Short Stories Volume 3 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Delusion Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLiverpool Daisy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGuilty Innocence Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsYou'll Like It Here: The Story of Donald Vitkus--Belchertown Patient #3394 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Exploits of Juve Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Letter in the Wall: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Conjoined (Booktrack Edition): A Novel Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5
Literary Fiction For You
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: A Hunger Games Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Bell Jar Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hunger Games Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Demon Copperhead: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Parable of the Sower Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Tom Lake: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Name of the Wind Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Covenant of Water Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Stardust Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Picture of Dorian Gray: Classic Tales Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Poisonwood Bible Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Alchemist Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Yellowface: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Man Called Ove: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Leave the World Behind: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Measure: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lady Tan's Circle of Women Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Road Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Their Eyes Were Watching God Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Dutch House: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of The Oxford Translators' Revolution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Kindred Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Song of Achilles: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The House in the Cerulean Sea Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Reviews for The Paradise Motel
Rating: 3.7000000299999996 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
10 ratings1 review
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5If you've read McCormack's short story collection, Inspecting the Vaults, some of this will seem familiar to you. This is my second McCormack book, and the parallels between the two are deliberate and mysterious. For instance, a "novel" published by a character in this book has episodes corresponding to the stories in Inspecting the Vaults. The central story in The Paradise Motel, the fate of the four McKenzie siblings, who were the featured subjects of a gruesome tale told on a Patagonian expedition in Inspecting the Vaults, is the unifying them of this "novel"--which is more like a series of interconnected short stories, with various fascinating digressions. McCormack has quite an imagination, by turns gruesome, mysterious, and downright hilarious. I won't give away anything here. While I didn't find it as satisfying as Inspecting the Vaults, I liked it a lot--and the ending can be mused over for some time. McCormack is a very distinctive writer. The audiobook narration by James Gillies is also excellent.