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"Piercing . . . Bristling with insight . . . Butler's most impressive accomplishment lies in capturing the mingled emotions of anger, remorse, pain and even love that mark most divorces. . . . Honest and compassionate, Butler's exploration of a marriage's sundering is the work of a mature, reflective author."--Harvey Freedenberg, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) "Intelligent, deeply moving . . . Remarkably written . . . A Small Hotel is a masterful story that will remind readers once again why Robert Olen Butler has been called the 'best living American writer.' --Jeff Guinn, The Fort Worth Star Telegram "[A] deliciously, unapologetically romantic novel . . . [Butler's] empathetic, precise writing flirts with melodrama but never feels hackneyed. In less skillful hands, this story would be a guilty pleasure. Instead, it's just a pleasure." --O Magazine "Richly observed . . . Butler's lucid writing style always conceals turbulent depths beneath a placid surface. He is, in fact, one of the boldest literary writers working today, willing to follow his imagination wherever it leads."--Chauncey Mabe, Sun Sentinel (Florida) "Intriguing . . . Intricate . . . Butler skilfully sets up expectations only to twist them, and twist them again. Words said and unsaid can change eveything in an instant." Colette Bancroft, The Mercury News "A sleek, erotic, and suspenseful drama about men who cannot say the word love and the women they harm . . . Butler executes a plot twist of profound proportions in this gorgeously controlled, unnerving, and beautifully revealing tale of the consequences of emotional withholding."--Donna Seaman, Booklist (starred review) "With mesmerizing detail, Butler excavates layers of memory and illuminates moments of both tenderness and alienation." --The New Yorker "From each spouse's point of view we witness the feelings that didn't break the surface at the time, but never went away." --The New York Times "Bu
