The Commercial Hotel

by John Summers

When John Summers moved to a small town in the Wairarapa and began to look closely at the less-celebrated aspects of local life - our club rooms, freezing works, night trains, hotel pubs, landfills - he saw something deeper. It was a story about his own life, but mostly about a place and its people. The story was about life and death in New Zealand. Combining reportage and memoir, The Commercial Hotel is a sharp-eyed, poignant yet often hilarious...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1776564219
• ISBN13: 9781776564217
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Victoria University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.3"