The Way Inn

People often choose a hotel room as the place to end their life. Did you know that? It’s a consideration in the design of the light fitting, and some of the other aspects of the room, although not one we’d admit to. Maybe they do it because they know the body will be found, it won’t rot undiscovered......more

What starts out as a humorous and witty --yet pretty mundane -- story, filled with wry observations about the business traveler's life, soon turns into a surrealistic nightmare when Neil discovers that the hotel he's staying in may not be quite what it seems. The mystery of the hotel is intriguing e......more

Will Wiles' first novel, Care of Wooden Floors (2012),* suspended its protagonist in the tragicomic tension of occupying another man's home, so perfectly designed to reflect the personality of its owner (a minimalist composer) that any other person trying to navigate it would be bound — like that pr......more

Easily one of the best books of 2014, The Way Inn is a pure mind-fucking story wrapped in a masterful storytelling. I loved every page that I've spend in the company of its annoying central character and his hallucinatory journey.......more

The Way Inn starts off with a humorous and a cynical take on the corporate world. Anybody who has had to endure large corporate events or stay in chain hotels will instantly relate to the finely researched detail here. While some moments had me rolling on the floor with hysterics, the fun doesn’t la......more