"""<strong><em>What Happens at Night</em> by Peter Cameron (<a href=""""https://bookshop.org/books/what-happens-at-night-9781713551263/9781948226967"""" rel=""""nofollow noopener"""" target=""""_blank"""" data-ylk=""""slk:available here"""" class=""""link rapid-noclick-resp"""">available here</a>)</strong><br><br>This beautifully eerie tale of desire and death goes down like an icy shot of schnapps: first it burns you with its chill, then it ignites in you a lingering fire. In it, an unnamed married couple from New York has arrived at the Grand Imperial Hotel in the fictional city of Borgarfjaroasysla, where they are trying to sort out the adoption of a baby boy. They're helped or hindered, or perhaps both, by the myriad locals they meet in this surreal setting, in which reality seems as warped and unexpectedly labyrinthine a thing as the hotel itself. Cameron reveals himself to be a master at portraying grief and despair, longing and love."""
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