The Colonial Hotel

By Jonathan Bennett and Athena Dixon

This devastating tale of love and war is "in Graham Greene territory . . . A solid novel on morality in our not-quite-postcolonial world." (Globe and Mail)

"An exploration of love and grief, the power of storytelling, the pains of parenthood and uncomfortable truths . . . Bennett has cleverly and sensitively described the many types of love tested by war . . . Rewarding and intensely moving . . . Devastatingly beautiful." -- National Post

A lyrical, heartbreaking story of ardour and devastation

A doctor and a nurse, Paris and Helen, are doing humanitarian work in a nation on the brink of civil war. They have also fallen in love with each other -- and Helen is pregnant with their child.

Then, a confrontation breaks out and they are swept up by rebel forces and separated. One is imprisoned while the other escapes. In The Colonial Hotel -- which recasts a classic story of ancient Greece into a modern setting -- we learn of their fates, in a brutally powerful story of family, forgiveness, and identity.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 177041178X
• ISBN13: 9781770411784
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Misfit Book
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.9" x 7.6"