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- ISBN 9781552455012
- Weight: 249g
- Dimensions: 127 x 203mm
- Publication Date: 07 Aug 2025
- Publisher: Coach House Books
- Publication City/Country: CA
- Product Form: Paperback
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Aesop meets Anaïs Nin in these absurdist stories of very unexpected redemption
Getting to the Shamrock Motel isn’t easy. It’s just off Concession #18, but you can’t get there through a sequence of lefts and rights. To find the Shamrock you have to be lost – not just on the map, but in your heart and soul.
The Shamrock Motel does not accept reservations. The only way to get a room is by walking into the office and asking Rosemary, the owner/operator for one. Try not to stare at her hair.
Fair warning: no one spends the night, or even an hour at the Shamrock without experiencing some form of transformation. Whether it’s accidentally sleeping with a bear, turning yourself into a river, or getting entirely too intimate with the sun, time spent at the Shamrock will make you wiser, stronger, sexier, and more yourself. Even if that’s the last thing you want.
These linked stories explore the intersection of personality and desire, love and lust, the joy and sadness of being alive and in love. Heated pool, cable TV, and a shot at redemption: the Shamrock Motel offers it all. Credit cards are accepted, but cash is preferred.
Andrew Kaufman splits his time between downtown Toronto and the shores of Lake Huron. His work, including the cult-favorite novel All My Friends Are Superheroes, has won the Relit Award, been nominated for the Leacock Medal for Humour, and been listed among the best books of the year by The Globe and Mail. He works part-time at the Epiphany Detective Agency and in the office of the Shamrock Motel.
