000			01208pam a2200181a 44500
999			_c589 _d589
008			160218b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9781447243298
082			_a823.92
100			_aWatson, Mark _9360500
245			_aHotel Alpha
250			_aMain market ed
260			_aUnited Kingdom; _bPan Macmillan; _c2014
300			_a400 Pages; _bHardback
505			_aFrom 18
520			_aThree decades ago, the charismatic Howard York built the empire of his dreams: the Hotel Alpha. It was once the finest in London, but over the years, as the world around it has moved on at an ever more dizzying rate, the hotel has struggled to keep pace. Graham, the Alpha's concierge, has been behind the front desk since the day the hotel opened and has witnessed every stage of its history. Chaz, Howard's blind adopted son, has almost never ventured outside its walls. Both of them view the Alpha as their sanctuary, the place that gives them everything they need. But both of them must now accept that the Alpha no longer offers them the life they most want, and that Howard's vision has been built on secrets as well as dreams ...
650			_aModern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) _9360501
942			_n0