单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,*,*,Arthur Hailey,A famous author,人物简介,Arthur Hailey，名畅销书作家、行业小说之王,诞生于英格兰的黑利曾在英国、加拿大、美国等国生活过，1969年，他移居巴哈马的一个海岛，定居至今。近年来，他不再公开出版小说，但据透露，作为一种爱好，他仍时常写作。,他的第一部小说最终诊断出版于1959年，表达医生误诊致婴儿死亡的大事。之后他频出杰作，如大饭店1965年、航空港1968年、汽车城1971和烈药,1975年，他最终的一部作品是出版于1997年的侦探。,I”m Arthur Hailey,All Arthur Hailey”s life,Born in Luton,England,in 1920,ARnuR HAT r was educated in English schools until age fourteen.After a brief career as an office boy,he joined the British,Royal Air Force in 1939 and served through World WarII,rising through the ranks to become a pilot and flight lieutenant.In 1947 Mr.Hailey emigrated to,Canada,where he was successively a real estate salesman,business paper editor and a sales and,advertising executive.He became,and still is,a Canadian citizen.In 1956 Arthur Hailey scored his,first writing success with a TV drama,“Flight into Danger,“which later became a rnofion picture and a,novel,Runway Zero-Eight.Since then,as a novelist and one of the great storytellers of our time,he has,acquired a worldwide following of devoted readers and his books are published in twentyseven languages.,Hailey bestsellers include:,Hotel,Airport,Motor city,The Final Diagnosis,The Money Changers,Strong Medicine,Evening news,This is one of the bestsellers!It is called,Hotel,Brief introduction of the hotel,Conflict and desire,secrets and shocking destinies-all are part of the fascinating world of the famous St.Gregory,a New Orleans luxury hotel.,For five sultry days of a hot Louisiana summer the lives of strangers intimately touch,sizzle,and explode in round-the-clock excitement as the St.Gregory becomes the stage for their private and public dramas-and for the stunning,heart-stopping climax awaiting them all.,“Fast-moving storytelling rich with interesting and bizarre characters.“,THE DENVER POST,“Instant readability.catches the reader by his lapels and holds him through its last crowded page.“,CHICAGO TRIBUNE,“A great story.“,CLEVELAND PRESS,Characters,Peter McDermott,manager,Warren Trent,proprietor,Christine Francis,secretary to Warren Trent,Aloysius Royce,administrative assistant to Warren Trent,Curtis O”Keefe,owner of the O”Keefe chain,Dorothy“Dodo“Lash,O”Keefe”s starlet companion,Albert Wells,aging hotel guest,The Duke and Duchess of Croydon,guests in the Presidential Suite,Ogilvie,house detective,Julius“Keycase“Milne,hotel thief,Herbie Chandler,villainous Bell Captain,Marsha Prescott,one night guest in the hotel,Blackmail is out of the hotel.,Blackmail”blkmeil n.讹诈，敲诈；讹诈所得之款,vt.讹诈，敲诈,Story of the hotel,Peter McDermott:The main character is Peter McDermott;the general manager with a past.He is a graduate from Cornell University in Hotel Management and then got a job in a hotel.However then he had been involved with a lady at time when he was supposed to be on duty.This gave Peters wife and the ladys husband a reason to ask for a divorce.Getting involved was not a big thing for hotel to avoid but it had marked the headlines of newspaper so much,that he was dismissed from the job and was blacklisted.But Warren Trent,the head of St.Gregory Hotel,ignoring the past and considering the skill,hired him.The novel captures McDermott attempts to deal with several crises in the hotel which involve a range of other characters.,continue,The Hotel Finance Problem:The Hotel”s unpayable and unrenewable mortgage is due on Friday,necessitating its sale.Curtis O”Keefe,the one who owns a large hotel chains plans to buy St.Gregory hotel in New Orleans as the O”Keefe chain did not have a hotel here.They had offered to pay the two million mortgages due and one million dollar and living accommodation to Warren Trent as well.However Warren did not want to lose the hotel which he had nurtured for so long.They decided upon Friday afternoon timeline to make a decision on the deal.Warren Trent meanwhile decided to mark a deal with Journey man Union who wanted to enter the hotel Industry for long but were not successful.,continue,This way Warren Trent could maintain an independence of the hotel and still have a say in the affairs of it.Journey man had decided to send two of his executives on Thursday to study the books of hotel and then decide before the Friday afternoon deadline decided between Warren Trent and Curtis O”Keefe.Royall Edwards of St.Gregory had been appointed by Warren Trent to work with the two officers,if required all night,so that they complete the whole of study.However upset with the denial of entry to Negro man in Hotel,which became the headline of newspapers,Journeyman Union broke the deal.Warren Trent had no option but to give in to Curtis O”Keefe.To his utmost surprise,a few minutes before Friday noon,the bank manager who had turned down refinancing of the hotel,came with an offer,that an Individual,whose name could not be disclosed then,would be paying the mortgage and buying the major shares of the Hotel.Warren Trent would be the chairman,though Warren knew that he would be just a figurehe