Booksquawk Review
🔗 http://www.booksquawk.com/2010/09/tulagi-hotel.html
Story Behind The Book
It took me 12 years to research and write this book. I have tried to make it as realistic and believable as possible, and judging from the feedback, I have succeeded. Still, it's up to you to see whether I make it to the level of Hemingway and Nevil Shute to which this book has been compared.
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Booksquawk, a respected review site, said this: "Tulagi Hotel is several books. There’s a love story (two actually), an evocation of air warfare against the Japanese in the South Pacific, a story of growing up in Nebraska, a buddy story, and lots of anecdotes and characters en route, all with their own satisfying completeness. They’re described with restraint and a unifying narrative calmness and held together by the quiet charm and attractiveness of the central character, Jack McGuire. From his days on the family farm and the trauma of the loss of his twin brother, through his time at flying school with its clashes of personality and ego-fuelled conflicts, to his war service and eventual retirement to run the hotel of the title, we share his hopes and disappointments, his exhilarations and despairs.”