{"product_id":"the-electric-hotel-paperback","title":"The Electric Hotel - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDominic Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sweeping work of historical fiction from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author Dominic Smith, \u003ci\u003eThe Electric Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e is a spellbinding story of art and love.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than thirty years, Claude Ballard has been living at the Hollywood Knickerbocker Hotel. A French pioneer of silent films who started out as a concession agent for the Lumi re brothers, the inventors of cinema, Claude now spends his days foraging for mushrooms in the hills of Los Angeles and taking photographs of runaways and the striplings along Sunset Boulevard. But when a film history student comes to interview Claude about \u003ci\u003eThe Electric Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e--the lost masterpiece that bankrupted him and ended the career of his muse, Sabine Montrose--the past comes surging back. In his run-down hotel suite, the ravages of the past are waiting to be excavated: celluloid fragments in desperate need of restoration, as well as Claude's memories of the woman who inspired and beguiled him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Electric Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e is a portrait of a man entranced by the magic of moviemaking, a luminous romance, and a whirlwind trip through early cinema. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDominic Smith \u003c\/b\u003egrew up in Sydney, Australia, and now lives in Seattle, Washington. He's the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Last Painting of Sara de Vos\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBright and Distant Shores\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful Miscellaneous\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Australian\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been a recipient of literature grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Australia Council for the Arts. He teaches writing in the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692895014975,"sku":"9781250619679","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c0ac82059913e2913a1a38884c0fee3c.webp?v=1764997002","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-electric-hotel-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}