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The Marble Hill Hotel

(2010)
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A forty-seven year old bachelor who courts a twenty-one year old girl, only to have his wedding turn into a fist fight - An old mill hand who drops dead in the mill, and because of a serious lack of funds to bury him, is carried to his final resting place in a rather bizarre way - An old man called Duck, who demonstrates an incredible sex drive - Agnes, the owner of the boarding house, whose long overdue passionate fulfillment almost means the death of Peacock. These are only a few of the characters who make The Marble Hill Hotel a boarding house like no other.

The year is 1950. Young John Reed, a newly graduated Textile Engineer, lands his first job as a trainee at a Goodyear mill in the small town of Rockledge, Georgia. His financial situation dictates the necessity to seek a room in The Marble Hill Hotel, a boarding house for bachelor mill workers. From his first day at the Marble Hill, John discovers that his life will never be the same after exposure to the cast of zany characters who reside there.

J. Homer, Robert Linville, Austell, Ever-Ready, Paula, and Peaches; they all play a role in John's introduction to a world he wouldn't have believed to exist. But most of all, Billy Dawson, a free spirit who shares a room with John, has the ultimate impact upon his life, teaching him what friendship truly means.

The story begins when John returns to Rockledge after an absence of many years, only to learn that Billy Dawson has been killed in an automobile accident and is to be buried that very day. While attending the service, John's thoughts carry him back to that first day at the Marble Hill, and the two years of his life that left him with a lifetime of memories. The story is humorous, raunchy at times, and written with the safety off.


Genre: General Fiction

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