Publisher's Synopsis
People live year after year in a hotel like this. We have their police papers, we know their sicknesses and family troubles; people come to confide in you. After the Second World War, bizarre characters from across the ruined continent have gathered at the 'fourth-rate' Hotel Swiss-Touring by Lake Geneva. Some are residents, while other guests have come for the season. In the claustrophobic atmosphere of the little hotel, their eccentricities and their desperation their jealousies and vindictiveness are all too apparent.
