The Glass Hotel

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel, 301 pages.
Mandel's follow-up to her enormously successful Station Eleven is a quieter book. The tragedy here is much more personal; its scope narrower and involving only of those immediately near
Vincent and her older brother Paul. They were both set adrift by family tragedy in 1994 when Vincent was 13. Paul who had been attending college and had already been in an out of rehab, was already struggling. Paul's actions serve as catalysts for both siblings, bringing Paul futher downward, but sending Vincent into the orbit of Jonathan Alkaitis, a Madoff-like character whose crimes affect many. An intricately constructed and engaging work that moves in and out of time. It's a beautiful book.