The Sarah Book Condition:Good the Hotel de l’Europe

the Hotel de l’Europe

For nearly four years

The High Low Podcast

philosophers have described the decision-making process as either rational or emotional: we carefully deliberate or we ‘blink’ and go with our gut

who also provides a long introduction

The Sarah Book Condition:Good the Hotel de l’EuropeMcClanahan's prose is miasmic, dizzying, repetitive. A rushing river of words that reflects the chaos and humanity of the place from which he hails. He writes in an elliptical fever dream so contagious that slowing down is not an option. It would be like putting a doorstop in front of a speeding train. This is not a book you savor. It is one you inhale. The New York Times Part memoir, part hillbilly history, part dream, McClanahan embraces humanity