The Hotel New Hampshire, (Paperback)

from Eyejaybee

Most enjoyable. All of the regular features from John Irving's early novels were present - bears, motorcycles (and a bear on a motorcycle), Vienna, circus characters, dysfunctional families. The no...

from Othemts

Most of Irving's early novels tie together bears, hotels, and Vienna. This one does it best. A multi-generational eccentric family follows their father's dream of opening and living in a hotel with...

from DelennDax7

I must have read this about 20 years ago or so. I could hardly put it down! But, be warned....it's very intense and I wouldn't recommend anyone reading it when they're in a serious depression. But,...

from porch_reader

The Hotel New Hampshire tells the story of the Berry family. In the first chapter, we learn one of the family legends - the story of how Win Berry met Mary Bates when they were working at a resort ...

from phoebesmum

Barking mad, and doesn't get any less so on a second reading. Bears = good; dead dogs, terrorists and incest = not so much, perhaps. Am forever haunted by Rob Lowe in the movie version.